On Wednesday November 18th, 2015 Microsoft publicly released SharePoint 2016 Beta 2. I was on route from LA to Houston to speak at the Houston SharePoint Users Group and the organizers asked me to speak about what was new. All of the content herein comes from the TechNet articles that Microsoft released on that morning and can be found here: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/cc261970(v=office.16).aspx I used this deck to talk to the new features that were released in IT Preview & Beta 2 that evening and was asked to share this deck. Enjoy! -jase

1. What’s new in SharePoint 2016 Beta 2?
Jason Himmelstein, SharePoint MVP
Office 365 Advisory Services Manager
@sharepointlhorn
http://www.sharepointlonghorn.com

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On Wednesday November 18th, 2015 Microsoft publicly released SharePoint 2016 Beta 2. I was on route
from LA to Houston to speak at the Houston SharePoint Users Group and the organizers asked me to speak
about what was new.
All of the content herein comes from the TechNet articles that Microsoft released on that morning and can be
found here: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/cc261970(v=office.16).aspx
I used this deck to talk to the new features that were released in IT Preview & Beta 2 that evening and was
asked to share this deck.
Enjoy!
-jase
What is this deck about?

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https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/cc261970(v=office.16).aspx
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SharePoint 2016 Beta 2

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SharePoint 2016 - MinRole

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SharePoint 2016 - MinRole
Server role Description
Front-end
Service applications, services, and components that serve user requests belong on Front-end web servers.
These servers are optimized for low latency.
Application
Service applications, services, and components that serve backend requests (such as background jobs or
search crawl requests) belong on Application servers. These servers are optimized for high throughput.
Distributed cache
Service applications, services, and components that are required for a distributed cache belong on
Distributed Cache servers.
Search Service applications, services, and components that are required for searching belong on Search servers.
Custom
Custom service applications, services, and components that do not integrate with MinRole belong on
Custom servers. The farm administrator has full control over which service instances can run on servers
assigned to the Custom role. MinRole does not control which service instances are provisioned on this role.
Single-server farm
Service applications, services, and components required for a single machine farm belong on a Single-
Server Farm. A Single-Server Farm is meant for development, testing, and very limited production use. A
SharePoint farm with the Single-Server Farm role cannot have more than one SharePoint server in the
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• Will this result in more kittens being killed?
No! While the Single-Server Farm role replaces
the Stand-alone Install mode available in previous
SharePoint Server releases it is NOT the same
old thing.
–Single-Server installs require:
• Separately installed SQL Server
• Properly configured the SharePoint farm services and web applications
• Can use the Farm Configuration Wizard or do it the right way using PowerShell
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What is the new Single-Server Farm?

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SharePoint 2016 - Recommended MinRole topologies
Microsoft recommends the following MinRole topologies.
Server role Required for Content Farm ?
Required for Shared Services
Farm?
Required for Search Farm?
Front-end web Yes No No
Application Yes Yes No
Distributed cache Yes Yes No
Search Yes, if hosting Search Yes, if hosting Search Yes
Custom Optional Optional Optional

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• Four core server roles
– The minimum 100% support MinRole configuration becomes a four-server farm with one of each role.
• High availability farms requires a minimum of nine SharePoint servers & 2 SQL Servers
• This configuration provides a 100% compliant MinRole farm from which all the benefits of auto
provisioning and the gains in stability and performance can be realized
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MinRole server deployments
Role Quantity required
Web 2
Application 2
Search 2
Distributed Cache 3 (cluster quorum)
SQL (AlwaysOn nodes) 2
Total number of servers 11

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New Central Admin screens for MinRole

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• There is no in-place upgrade from SharePoint 2016 IT Preview to SharePoint 2016 Beta 2
• There will be no in-place upgrade from SharePoint 2016 Beta 2 to SharePoint 2016 RTM
• Upgrading a SharePoint 2013 Content Database requires the database patch level be at
minimum build 15.0.4481.1005 (SharePoint 2013 March 2013 Public Update​)
Upgrading

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Feature Description More information
Access Services
New Access features are available when you deploy Access Services in
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 .
For more information, see Access Services.
Compliance features
New compliance features for SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 include the
document deletion and in-place hold policies.
For more information, see Compliance features.
Customized web parts
The compile time for customized XSLT files used for Content Query,
Summary Links, and Table of Contents Web Parts is improved.
NA
Document Library accessibility
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 includes new document library accessibility
features.
For more information, see Document Library accessibility.
Durable links
Resource-based URLs now retain links when documents are renamed or
moved in SharePoint.
NA
Encrypted Connections
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 supports TLS 1.2 connection encryption by
default.
For more information, see Encrypted Connections.
Fast Site Collection Creation
The Fast Site Collection Creation feature is a rapid method to create site
collections and sites in SharePoint.
For more information, see Fast Site Collection Creation.
Filenames - expanded support for special characters
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 now supports using some special characters
in file names that were previously blocked.
For more information, see Filenames.
Hybrid in SharePoint 2016
Hybrid in SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 enables you to integrate your on-
premises farm with Office 365 productivity experiences, allowing you to
adopt the cloud at your own pace.
For more information, see Hybrid in SharePoint 2016.
Identify and Search for sensitive content
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 now provides the same data loss prevention
capabilities as Office 365.
For more information, see Identify and search for sensitive content in both
SharePoint 2016 and OneDrive documents.
Image and Video previews
You can now preview images and videos in SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2
document libraries.
For more information, see Image and Video previews.
Information Rights Management
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 provides Information Rights Management
(IRM) capabilities to secure information by encrypting and securing
information on SharePoint libraries with OneDrive for Business.
For more information, see Information Rights Management.
Large file support
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 now supports uploading and downloading
files larger than 2,047 MB.
For more information, see Large file support.
New and improved features in SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2

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Feature Description More information
MinRole
MinRole is a new feature in SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 that allows a
SharePoint farm administrator to define each server’s role in a farm
topology.
For more information, see MinRole farm topology.
Mobile experience
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 offers an improved mobile navigation
experience.
For more information, see Mobile experience.
New controls for working with OneDrive for Business
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 provides controls at the top of your personal
document folders that make common tasks in OneDrive for Business more
accessible.
For more information, see New controls for working with OneDrive for
Business.
New Recycle Bin in OneDrive and Team sites
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 adds a link for the Recycle Bin in the left
navigation area of the OneDrive and Team sites.
NA
Open Document Format (ODF)
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 adds support for Open Document Format
(ODF) files to use in document library templates.
For more information, see Open Document Format (ODF) available for
document libraries.
Project Server New Project Server features are available in SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2. For more information, see Project Server.
ReFS file system support
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 now supports drives that are formatted with
the ReFS file system.
For more information about the ReFS file system see Resilient File System
Overview and Resilient file system.
SharePoint Search
SharePoint Search Server Application has significant changes to its
deployment.
For more information, see SharePoint Search Server Application.
Sharing improvements
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 has many new sharing improvements
available.
For more information, see Sharing improvements.
Site Folders view
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 provides a new Site Folders view that lets
you access the document libraries in sites that you're following.
For more information, see Site Folders view.
Sites page pinning This new feature helps you see and follow sites. For more information, see Sites page pinning.
SMTP Connection Encryption
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 supports sending email to SMTP servers
that use STARTTLS connection encryption.
For more information, see SMTP Connection Encryption.
SMTP ports (non-default)
SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 adds support for SMTP servers that use
TCP ports other than the default port (25).
For more information, see Use SMTP ports other than the default (25).
Web Application Open Platform Interface Protocol (WOPI)
You can now rename files, create new files, and share files from within the
WOPI iframe on the browser page.
New and improved features in SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2

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• SharePoint Foundation
• Standalone Install mode
• ForeFront Identity Manager client (FIM)
– Tools still to be released to help deploy and configure Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 for identity synchronization w SP2016 Beta 2
• Excel Services in SharePoint
– Excel Services and its associated business intelligence capabilities have moved to Excel Online in Office Online Server Preview
• SharePoint BI capabilities
– SQL Server 2014 Power Pivot and Power View add-ins for SharePoint 2013 cannot be deployed or used in SP2016 Beta 2
– SharePoint Server 2016 requires updated versions that will ship later this year
• Tags and Notes
– Users can no longer create new tags and notes or access existing ones
• Stsadm.exe
– Stsadm has been deprecated, but it is included to support compatibility with previous product versions
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SharePoint 2016 Beta 2 – Deprecated Features

14. Q & A

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