SharePoint
Foundation:
Previous
Versions of SharePoint servers were included with SharePoint foundation (WSS in
2007 version), which is a free edition of SharePoint and it included most of
the common functionalities provided by the commercial edition of SharePoint.
SharePoint foundation will no longer available with SharePoint 2016 release.
Standalone
installation mode:
SharePoint Server 2016 doesn’t
support the standalone installation option. So it is no longer available in the
set up program. You may use the min role during installation and choose one of
the available install option.
However during installation you
can see the single server farm option, where everything is installed on the
same server, but it is supported for only Development / Testing / Demo purpose
only. And when you use this option, you must install SQL Server yourself
separately and run the SharePoint server farm configuration wizard manually.
Forefront
identity Manager (FIM) client:
Earlier version of SharePoint
used Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) to synchronize between Active Directory
(AD) and SharePoint. In SharePoint 2016 FIM is no longer used as
synchronization client. However the default process is Active Directory import.
You can use any synchronization tool like Microsoft Identity manager 2016 or
any third party tool.
Excel
Services in SharePoint
Excel services and its associated
Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities are no longer hosted on SharePoint
server 2016 beta release. Excel services functionality is now part of the Excel
online in office online server and SharePoint users can use the services from
there.
Note: Office online server is the
next version of office web apps server.
The following Excel services
functionality has been deprecated.
- Trusted Data Providers
- Trusted File locations
- Trusted Data Connection Libraries
- Unattended service account
- Excel services windows PowerShell cmdlets
- Opening of excel books from SharePoint Central Administration Site
And the following Excel services
functionality requires excel online in office online server preview.
- Viewing and editing excel book in a browser (with / without the data model)
- Excel web access web part for SharePoint
- ODC file support (No longer required Data Connection library)
- Programmability feature such as JavaScript OM, user defined functions assemblies, SOAP and REST protocol support
SharePoint
BI Capabilities
The SQL server 2014 power pivot
and power view add-ins for SharePoint server cannot be deployed or used in SharePoint
2016 beta 2. To deploy these add-ins you need to upgrade to SQL Server 2016 CTP
3.1.
But being the powerful feature of
SharePoint, though they are not the part of beta release, it seems these
features may be available with RTM release of SharePoint 2016.
Tags
& Notes
The tags and Notes feature is deprecated
in SharePoint 2016 beta 2. Users can no longer create new tags and notes or
access existing Notes / Tags after migration. However an administrator can
archive all existing Tags & Notes by using Export-SpTagAndNotesData cmdlets.
But for this administrator should meet the following criteria.
- Must have membership in the Security Admin fixed server role on the SQL server instance
- Must have membership in the db_owner fixed database role on all databases that are to be updated.
- Must be a member of the Administrators group on the server on which you are running the Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
STSADM.EXE
The STSADM command-line tool has
been deprecated and users are recommended to use Windows PowerShell for
performing administrative command-line tasks. STSADM is till included to
support compatibility with previous SharePoint versions.
Note: There will be no new
versions released for both SharePoint Designer and InfoPath along with SharePoint
server 2016. The older versions of SharePoint Designer 2013 and InfoPath 2013
will be available and supported.
