SharePoint Foundation
1. SharePoint Foundation 2013 remains available for use
2. Previous releases of SharePoint Server included SharePoint
Foundation, a free edition of SharePoint that included most of the core
functionality and architecture provided by the commercial editions of
SharePoint. SharePoint Foundation is no longer available in the SharePoint
Server 2016 release.
Standalone Install mode
SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview doesn't support the
standalone install option, so it is no longer available in the setup program.
Use the MinRole during installation and choose one of the available install
options. The Single Server Farm option where everything is installed on the
same computer is supported for dev/test/demo purposes. When you use this
option, you must install SQL Server yourself and then run the SharePoint Server
2016 farm configuration wizard.. For more information, see "MinRole farm
topology" in New
and improved features in SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview.
ForeFront Identity Manager client (FIM)
Earlier versions of SharePoint used ForeFront Identity
Manager client (FIM) to synchronize between Active Directory and SharePoint.
SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview no longer uses FIM as the synchronization
client. The default process is Active Directory Import. You can also use any
synchronization tool such as Microsoft Identity Manager 2016, or any
third-party tool. We'll soon release tools to help you deploy and configure
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 to work with SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview
for identity synchronization.
Excel Services in SharePoint
Excel Services and its associated business intelligence
capabilities are no longer available in SharePoint Server. Excel Services
functionality is now part of Excel Online in Office Online Server Preview, and
SharePoint users can use the services from there.
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 workbooks from SharePoint Central Administration site
The following Excel Services functionality requires Excel
Online in Office Online Server Preview:
- Viewing
and editing Excel workbooks in a browser (with or without the Data Model)
- Excel
Web Access web part for SharePoint
- ODC
file support (no longer requires Data Connection Librariees)
- Programmability
features such as JavaScript OM, User Defined Function Assemblies, SOAP and
REST protocol support
SharePoint BI capabilities
SharePoint Server 2016 requires updated versions that will
ship later this year. The SQL Server 2014 Power Pivot and Power View
add-ins for SharePoint 2013 cannot be deployed or used in SharePoint Server
2016 IT Preview. The following business intelligence features won't be
available until then:
- Power
Pivot Gallery
- Scheduled
Data Refresh
- Using
another workbook's Data Model as a data source
- Power
View reports (standalone or embedded in Excel workbooks)
- Power
View Subscriptions and Report Alerting
Power Pivot Management Dashboard
- BISM
Link support
Tags and Notes
The Tags and Notes feature is no longer available in
SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview. Users can no longer create new tags and
notes or access existing ones.
