SharePoint 2019 Changes Point of View

SP 2019 – Key Milestones May July Sep Nov Dec SharePoint 2019 Vision/Strategy Outlined @ the SharePoint Conference SharePoint 2019 Public Preview Released on July 24 Anticipated General Availability (??)

SP 2019 – Key New Offerigs Modern UI Experience Modern Team Site Template has ben been introduced Modern Lists and Libraries have been added Modern experience has been added to Pages, Lists & Libraries Home Page which is part of Modern UI experience gives users unified access to all of their sites Usability SharePoint Server 2019 Public Preview can now render PDF documents on the server. Users no longer need to rely on a PDF viewer client application Modern Sharing experience has been enabled via introduction of Secure Sharing Links Improved Fast Site Creation has been introduced Options to configure both Authenticated and Anonymous SMTP added to Central Administration Support for special characters in file name - # and % added URL Path Length limit increased to 400 Unicode Units New Web Parts: MS Forms , Planner, File Previewer, Activity Part, Connector Part, 3D File Viewer Groups and Teams in existing Team Sites File Preview Storage File Upload limit raised to 15 GB from from 10 GB ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP 2019 – Feature Improvements Usability Character File Path Limit has been increased to 400 Characters from 260 Characters An improved OneDrive Sync Client has been introduced for syncing files with devices Improved Communication Site Template offering Modern Experience has been added SP 2019 allows any user having contribute access to restore the deleted items from recycle bin New PowerShell Cmdlets have been introduced for improved administration Improved SharePoint mobile App Experience Improved Suite Navigation and App Launcher ensures a seamless user experience across SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2019 Improved mobility experience/ difference between Online & On-premises Apps has been bridged Improved Distributed Cache will provide a more stable experience w.r.t. features that depend on the same. Upgraded Distributed Cache will use AppFabricVelocity Cache for background garbage collection. Search Modern improved search experience Improved Hybrid Search Experience Contextual Type-ahead Search A New Hybrid Search Bar for monitoring the status of hybrid configuration using a single view Bing Search Integration ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP 2019 – Significant Deprecations Services Access Services 2010 will be supported but deprecated Access Services 2013 will be supported but deprecated The Aggregated Newsfeed feature will be set to read-only Performance Point Services will be deprecated Machine Translation Service will be deprecated Tools/Components InfoPath will be supported but deprecated SharePoint Designer 2013 will be supported but a new version will not be released (to be phased out by 2026) Site Mailboxes are being deprecated Lists.GetListItemChangesWithKnowledge & Lists.UpdateListItemsWithKnowledge List Web Services will be deprecated ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP 2019 – Key Removals Components Code based Sandboxed Solutions will be removed Digest Authentication will be removed Incoming Email Automatic Mode will be removed PowerPivot Gallery & Refresh will be removed Platform Support for Multi-tenancy will be removed Services Visio Services will no longer be supported due to withdrawal of Silver-Light support ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP 2019 – Boundaries & Limits File Upload Limit 15 GB File URL Length 400 Unicode Units Content DB Size Limit 4 TB Count of Artefacts on Home Page 30 ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP 2019 – Capacity Requirements Server Type Farm Type RAM Processor Hard Disk Space SQL Server DEV / TEST 16 GB 64-bit, 4 cores 80 GB for system drive 100 GB for second drive PILT/UAT/PROD 24 GB 80 GB for system drive 100 GB for second drive and additional drives Web/ Application Server in 3-tier Farm 12 GB 80 GB for system drive 80 GB for second drive 80 GB for second drive and additional drives * There has been no significant change from SP 2016 to SP 2019 w.r.t. the MinRole Model ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP - Software Requirements Server Type Component Specification Database Server SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server 2016 RTM Operating System Windows Server 2016/ 2019 Standard or Datacenter SharePoint Server Windows Server 2016/ 2019 Standard or Datacenter (Desktop Experience) Disk Format Resilient File System (ReFS) Other Components Web Server (IIS) role Application Server role Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.7.2 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 Native Client Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.6 Microsoft Identity Extensions Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client (MSIPC) Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64) Windows Server AppFabric 1.1 Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2012 Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2017 ** The information above is indicative and may change when SharePoint 2019 is formally released

SP 2019 – High Level Migration Approach Convert to Claims Authentication No Claims Authentication ? Yes Upgrade all Site Collections to 15 mode Backup Databases START SP 2016 Restore SP 2013 Databases Create New Web Application Install Full Trust Solution Mount & Upgrade Restored SP 2013 Databases Backup Databases SP 2019 Restore SP 2016 Databases Create New Web Application Install Full Trust Solution Mount & Upgrade Restored SP 2016 Databases

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