Thursday, August 27, 2015

SharePoint 2016 RTM - Deprecated Features

Deprecated Features so far in SP 2016

Feature
Description
SharePoint Foundation
There will not be foundation edition of SharePoint 2016 available going forward. It’s a big change from all the previous versions of SharePoint.
Standalone Installation
No more standalone, instead we will have single server deployment. We need to have SQL Server installed before we go for SP installation.  Read through “MinRole” feature as well on this
Forefront Identity Manager Client
No more FIM, instead we probably need to use Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 or default AC import process. Need to hear more from Microsoft on this update
Excel Services
Excel Services and its related BI features are plugged out. It is now attached to Office 2016 Preview (Excel Online). It is important to understand when we anchor solutions related to BI for our customers
SharePoint BI – default features
Its halted for some reason, hopefully some clarity should be there before we get the final product from Microsoft
Tags & Notes
There feature is completely removed and even non-compatible to older versions as well when we upgrade or migrate. Think through about this when we anchor any migration related projects with customer
Stsadm.exe
Only PowerShell, now developers cannot excuse J