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SharePoint
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

SharePointisawebbasedapplicationthatintegrateswith
SharePoint
MicrosoftOffice.Launchedin2001,[3]SharePointisprimarily
soldasadocumentmanagementandstoragesystem,butthe
productishighlyconfigurableandusagevariessubstantially
betweenorganizations.

MicrosoftstatesthatSharePointhas160millionusersacross
75,000customerorganizations.[4]

Contents
1 Editions
1.1 SharePointServer SharePointOnlineuserinterface
1.2 SharePointStandard
1.3 SharePointEnterprise Developer(s) MicrosoftCorporation
1.4 SharePointOnline Initialrelease 2001
2 Applications
2.1 EnterpriseContentandDocument Stablerelease 2016/May4,2016
Management Developmentstatus Active
2.2 IntranetandSocialNetwork
2.3 CollaborativeSoftware Operatingsystem WindowsServer2008R2and
2.4 FileHostingService(PersonalCloud) WindowsServer2012[1]
2.5 CustomWebApplications
3 ContentStructure Platform x64
3.1 Pages Availablein Basque,Bulgarian,Catalan,
3.2 WebParts&AppParts Chinese,Croatian,Czech,
3.3 Lists,Libraries,Content,and"Apps"
Danish,Dutch,English,
3.4 Sites
4 Configurationandcustomization Estonian,Finnish,French,
4.1 Webbasedconfiguration Galician,German,Greek,
4.2 SharePointDesigner Hebrew,Hungarian,Hindi,
4.3 CustomDevelopment Italian,Japanese,Kazakh,
5 ServerArchitecture Korean,Latvian,Lithuanian,
5.1 Farms Norwegian(Bokml),Polish,
5.2 Webapplications
5.3 Sitecollections Portuguese,Romanian,
5.4 Serviceapplications Russian,Serbian(Latin),
6 Administration,Security,Compliance Slovak,Slovenian,Spanish,
6.1 Compliance,standardsandintegration Swedish,Thai,Turkish,and
6.2 OtherSharePointrelatedMicrosoftproducts
Ukrainian[2]
7 History
7.1 Origins Type ContentManagementSystems
7.2 Versions License Proprietarysoftware
7.3 NotablechangesinSharePoint2010
SharePointFoundation:
7.4 NotablechangesinSharePoint2013
Freeware
7.5 NotablechangesinSharePoint2016[37][38]
8 RelatedSoftwareandCompetitors Othereditions:Trialware

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9 Seealso Website sharepoint.com(http://sharepoi

10 References nt.com)
11 Externallinks

Editions
TherearevariousdifferenteditionsofSharePointwhichhavedifferentfunctions:

SharePointServer

SharePointServerisprovidedtoorganizationsthatseekgreatercontroloverSharePoint'sbehaviorordesign.This
productisinstalledonthecustomer'sITinfrastructure.Itreceiveslessfrequentupdates,buthasaccesstoawider
setoffeaturesandcustomizationcapabilities.TherearethreeeditionsofSharePointServer:Standard,Enterprise,
andFoundation(free)whichwasdiscontinuedin2016.[5]Theseserversmaybeprovisionedasnormal
virtual/cloudservers,orashostedservices.

SharePointStandard

MicrosoftSharePointStandardbuildsontheMicrosoftSharePointFoundationinafewkeyproductareas.

Sites:Audiencetargeting,governancetools,Securestoreservice,webanalyticsfunctionality.[6]
Communities:'MySites'(personalprofilesincludingskillsmanagement,andsearchtools),enterprisewikis,
organizationhierarchybrowser,tagsandnotes.[7]
Content:Improvedtoolingandcompliancefordocument&recordmanagement,managedmetadata,word
automationservices,contenttypemanagement.[8]
Search:Bettersearchresults,searchcustomizationabilities,mobilesearch,'Didyoumean?',OSsearch
integration,FacetedSearch,andmetadata/relevancy/date/locationbasedrefinementoptions.[9]
Composites:Prebuiltworkflowtemplates,BCSprofilepages.[10]

SharePointStandardlicensingincludesaCAL(clientaccesslicense)componentandaserverfee.SharePoint
Standardmayalsobelicensedthroughacloudmodel.

SharePointEnterprise

BuiltuponSharePointStandard,MicrosoftSharePointEnterprisefeaturescanbeunlockedsimplybyprovidingan
additionallicensekey.

ExtrafeaturesinSharePointEnterpriseinclude:

Searchthumbnailsandpreviews,richwebindexing,bettersearchresults.
Businessintelligenceintegration,dashboards,andbusinessdatasurfacing.
PowerPivotandPerformancePoint.
MicrosoftOfficeAccess,Visio,Excel,andInfoPathFormsservices.
SharePointEnterpriseSearchextensions.[11]

SharePointEnterpriselicensingincludesaCALcomponentandaserverfeethatmustbepurchasedinadditionto
SharePointServerlicensing.SharePointEnterprisemayalsobelicensedthroughacloudmodel.

SharePointOnline
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Microsoft'shostedSharePointistypicallybundledinMicrosoftOffice365subscriptions,butcanbepurchased
outright.[12]Itislimitedtoacoresetofcollaboration,filehosting,anddocumentandcontentmanagement
scenarios,andisupdatedonafrequentbasis,butistypicallycomparablewithSharePointEnterprise.[13][14]
Currently,additionalcapabilitiesinclude:

SupportforSharePointFrameworkextensions
New"Modern"(Responsive)SharePointUX(partiallyincludedin2016FeaturePack1)
YammerIntegration&Office365Groups
IntegrationwithOutlookWebApp
NewerversionsofOnlineOfficeDocumentEditorTools
Removalofvariousfilesize/numberlimitations
AppsConcept

Missingcapabilitiesinclude

Somesearch&UIcustomizations
Manywebpublishingcapabilities
ServiceApplicationadministrationoptions
Manycustomization/solutiontypeswillnotrun
Noabilitytoreaderror(ULS)logs

N.B.ChangesinSharePointOnlinearelistedontheOfficeRoadmap(http://roadmap.office.com).

Applications
SharePointusagevariesfromorganizationtoorganization.Theproductencompassesawidevarietyofcapabilities,
mostofwhichrequireconfigurationandgovernance.[15]

ThemostcommonusesoftheSharePointinclude:

EnterpriseContentandDocumentManagement

SharePointallowsforstorage,retrieval,searching,archiving,tracking,management,andreportingonofelectronic
documentsandrecords.Manyofthefunctionsinthisproductaredesignedaroundvariouslegal,information
management,andprocessrequirementsinorganizations.SharePointalsoprovidessearchand'graph'
functionality.[16]SharePoint'sintegrationwithMicrosoftWindowsandMicrosoftOfficeallowforcollaborative
realtimeediting,andencrypted/informationrightsmanagedsynchronization.

Thiscapabilityisoftenusedtoreplaceanexistingcorporatefileserver,andistypicallycoupledwithanenterprise
contentmanagementpolicy.[17]

IntranetandSocialNetwork

ASharePointintranetorintranetportalisawaytocentralizeaccesstoenterpriseinformationandapplications.Itis
atoolthathelpsanorganizationmanageitsinternalcommunications,applicationsandinformationmoreeasily.
Microsoftclaimsthatthishasorganizationalbenefitssuchasincreasedemployeeengagement,centralizingprocess
management,reducingnewstaffonboardingcosts,andprovidingthemeanstocaptureandsharetacitknowledge
(e.g.viatoolssuchaswikis).

CollaborativeSoftware

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SharePointcontainsteamcollaborationgroupwarecapabilities,including:Projectscheduling(integratedwith
OutlookandProject),socialcollaboration,sharedmailboxes,andprojectrelateddocumentstorageand
collaboration.GroupwareinSharePointisbasedaroundtheconceptofa"TeamSite".

FileHostingService(PersonalCloud)

SharePointServerhostsOneDriveforBusiness,whichallowsstorageandsynchronizationofanindividual's
personaldocuments,aswellaspublic/privatefilesharingofthosedocuments.Thisistypicallycombinedwith
otherMicrosoftOfficeServers/ServicessuchasMicrosoftExchange,toproducea"personalcloud",

ThiscapabilityisoftencomparedtoserviceslikeBoxorDropbox.

WebDAVcanbeusedtoaccessfileswithoutusingthewebinterface.However,Microsoft'simplementationof
WebDAVdoesn'tconformtotheofficialWebDAVprotocolandthereforeisn'tcomplianttotheWebDAVstandard.
Forexample,WebDAVapplicationshavetosupportthelanguagetaggingfunctionalityoftheXML
specification[18]whichMicrosoft'simplementationdoesn't.OnlyWindowsXPtoWindows8aresupported.[19]

CustomWebApplications

SharePoint'scustomdevelopmentcapabilitiesprovideanadditionallayerofservicesthatallowrapidprototyping
ofintegrated(typicallylineofbusiness)webapplications.[20]SharePointprovidesdeveloperswithintegrationinto
corporatedirectoriesanddatasourcesthroughstandardssuchasREST/OData/OAuth.Enterpriseapplication
developersuseSharePoint'ssecurityandinformationmanagementcapabilitiesacrossavarietyofdevelopment
platformsandscenarios.SharePointalsocontainsanenterprise"appstore"thathasdifferenttypesofexternal
applicationswithencapsulatedandmanagedtoaccesstoresourcessuchascorporateuserdataanddocumentdata.

ContentStructure
Pages

SharePointprovidesfreeformpageswhichmaybeeditedinbrowser.Thesemaybeusedtoprovidecontentto
users,ortoprovidestructuretotheSharePointenvironment.

WebParts&AppParts

WebpartsandApppartsarecomponents(alsoknownasportlets)thatcanbeinsertedintoPages.Theyareusedto
displayinformationfrombothSharePointandthirdpartyapplications.

Lists,Libraries,Content,and"Apps"

ASharePointlibrarystoresanddisplaysfilesandfolders.

ASharePointliststoresanddisplaysdataitems.

Eachiteminalibraryorlistisacontentitem.Examplesofcontentitemsinclude"Document"whichmayhavea
"Name","Contact"withcontactinformationfields,or"SalesInvoice"withfieldssuchas"Total"and"Customer
ID".

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ContentTypesaredefinitions(ortypes)ofitems.Thesedefinitionsdescribethingslikewhatmetadatafieldsa
Document,Contact,orInvoicemayhave.SharePointallowsyoutocreateyourowndefinitionsbasedonthebuilt
inones.Somebuiltincontenttypesinclude:Contacts,Appointments,Documents,andFolders.

Somebuiltincontenttypessuchas'contact'or'appointment'allowthelisttoexposeadvancedfeaturessuchas
MicrosoftOutlookorProjectsynchronization.[21]

InSharePoint2013,insomelocations,ListsandLibrarieswererenamed'Apps'(despitebeingunrelatedtothe
"SharePointAppStore").InSharePoint2016,someofthesewererenamedbacktoListsandLibraries.

Sites

ASharePointSiteisacollectionofpages,lists,libraries,apps,configurations,features,contenttypes,andsub
sites.ExamplesofSitetemplatesinSharePointinclude:collaboration(team)sites,wikisites,blanksites,and
publishingsites.

Configurationandcustomization
Webbasedconfiguration

SharePointisprimarilyconfiguredthroughawebbrowser.Thewebbaseduserinterfaceprovidesmostofthe
configurationcapabilityoftheproduct.

Dependingonyourpermissionlevel,thewebinterfacecanbeusedto:

Manipulatecontentstructure,sitestructure,create/deletesites,modifynavigationandsecurity,or
add/removeapps.
Enableordisableproductfeatures,uploadcustomdesigns/themes,orturnonintegrationswithotherOffice
products.
Configurebasicworkflows,viewusageanalytics,managemetadata,configuresearchoptions,upload
customizations,andsetupintegration.[22]

SharePointDesigner

SharePointDesignerisasemideprecatedproductthatprovided'advancedediting'capabilitiesforHTML/ASPX
pages,butremainstheprimarymethodofeditingSharePointworkflows.

AsignificantsubsetofHTMLeditingfeatureswereremovedinDesigner2013,andtheproductisexpectedtobe
deprecatedin20167.[23]

MicrosoftSharePoint'sServerFeaturesareconfiguredeitherusingPowerShell,oraWebUIcalled"Central
Administration".Configurationofserverfarmsettings(e.g.searchcrawl,webapplicationservices)canbehandled
throughthesecentraltools.

WhileCentralAdministrationislimitedtofarmwidesettings(configDB),itprovidesaccesstotoolssuchasthe
'SharePointHealthAnalyzer',adiagnostichealthcheckingtool.

InadditiontoPowerShell'sfarmconfigurationfeatures,somelimitedtoolsaremadeavailableforadministeringor
adjustingsettingsforsitesorsitecollectionsincontentdatabases.

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AlimitedsubsetofthesefeaturesareavailablebySharePoint'sSaaSproviders,includingMicrosoft.

CustomDevelopment
TheSharePoint"AppModel"providesvarioustypesofexternalapplicationsthatofferthecapabilityto
showauthenticatedwebbasedapplicationsthroughavarietyofUImechanisms.Appsmaybeeither
"SharePointhosted",or"Providerhosted".Providerhostedappsmaybedevelopedusingmostbackend
webtechnologies(e.g.ASP.net,NodeJS,PHP).AppsareservedthroughaproxyinSharePoint,which
requiressomeDNS/certificatemanipulationinonpremisesversionsofSharePoint.
TheSharePoint"ClientObjectModel"(availableforJavaScriptand.NET),andREST/SOAPAPIscanbe
referencedfrommanyenvironments,providingauthenticatedusersaccesstoawidevarietyofSharePoint
capabilities.[24]
"Sandboxed"pluginscanbeuploadedbyanyenduserwhohasbeengrantedpermission.Theseare
securityrestricted,andcanbegovernedatmultiplelevels(includingresourceconsumptionmanagement).In
multitenantcloudenvironments,thesearetheonlycustomization'sthataretypicallyallowed.
Farmfeaturesaretypicallyfullytrustedcodethatneedtobeinstalledatafarmlevel.Theseareconsidered
deprecatedfornewdevelopment.
Serviceapplications:ItispossibletointegratedirectlyintotheSharePointSOAbus,atafarmlevel.

Customizationmayappearthrough:

ApplicationtoapplicationintegrationwithSharePoint.
ExtensionstoSharePointfunctionality(e.g.customworkflowactions).
'WebParts'(alsoknownas"portlets","widgets",or"gadgets")thatprovidenewfunctionalitywhenaddedto
apage.
Pages/sitesorpage/sitetemplates.[24]

ServerArchitecture
SharePointServercanbescaleddowntooperateentirelyfromonedevelopermachine,orscaleduptobemanaged
acrosshundredsofmachines.[25]

Farms

ASharePointfarmisalogicalgroupingofSharePointserversthatsharecommonresources.[26]Afarmtypically
operatesstandalone,butcanalsosubscribetofunctionsfromanotherfarm,orprovidefunctionstoanotherfarm.
Eachfarmhasitsowncentralconfigurationdatabase,whichismanagedthrougheitheraPowerShellinterface,ora
CentralAdministrationwebsite(whichreliespartlyonPowerShell'sinfrastructure).Eachserverinthefarmisable
todirectlyinterfacewiththecentralconfigurationdatabase.Serversusethistoconfigureservices(e.g.IIS,
windowsfeatures,databaseconnections)tomatchtherequirementsofthefarm,andtoreportserverhealthissues,
resourceallocationissues,etc...

Webapplications

WebApplications(Was)aretoplevelcontainersforcontentinaSharePointfarm.Awebapplicationisassociated
primarilywithIISconfiguration.AwebapplicationconsistsofasetofaccessmappingsorURLsdefinedinthe
SharePointcentralmanagementconsole,whicharereplicatedbySharePointacrosseveryIISInstance(e.g.Web
ApplicationServers)configuredinthefarm.

Sitecollections

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Asitecollectionisahierarchicalgroupof'SharePointSites'.Eachwebapplicationmusthaveatleastonesite
collection.Sitecollectionssharecommonproperties(detailedhere(https://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/micr
osoft.sharepoint.spsite_properties.aspx)),commonsubscriptionstoserviceapplications,andcanbeconfigured
withuniquehostnames.[27]Asitecollectionmayhaveadistinctcontentdatabases,ormayshareacontent
databasewithothersitecollectionsinthesamewebapplication.[25]

Serviceapplications

ServiceApplicationsprovidegranularpiecesofSharePointfunctionalitytootherwebandserviceapplicationsin
thefarm.ExamplesofserviceapplicationsincludetheUserProfileSyncservice,andtheSearchIndexingservice.
Aserviceapplicationcanbeturnedoff,existononeserver,orbeloadbalancedacrossmanyserversinafarm.
ServiceApplicationsaredesignedtohaveindependentfunctionalityandindependentsecurityscopes.[25]

Administration,Security,Compliance
SharePoint'sarchitectureenables'leastprivileges'executionpermissionmodel.[28]

SharePointCentralAdministration(theCA)isawebapplicationthattypicallyexistsonasingleserverinthefarm,
howeveritisalsoabletobedeployedforredundancytomultipleservers.[25]Thisapplicationprovidesacomplete
centralizedmanagementinterfaceforweb&serviceapplicationsintheSharePointfarm,includingADaccount
managementforweb&serviceapplications.IntheeventofthefailureoftheCA,WindowsPowerShellis
typicallyusedontheCAservertoreconfigurethefarm.

ThestructureoftheSharePointplatformenablesmultipleWAstoexistonasinglefarm.Inashared(cloud)
hostingenvironment,ownersoftheseWAsmayrequiretheirownmanagementconsole.TheSharePoint'Tenant
Administration'(TA)isanoptionalwebapplicationusedbywebapplicationownerstomanagehowtheirweb
applicationinteractswiththesharedresourcesinthefarm.[25]

Compliance,standardsandintegration

SharePointintegrateswithMicrosoftOffice.
SharePointusesMicrosoft'sOpenXMLdocumentstandardforintegrationwithMicrosoftOffice.Document
metadataisalsostoredusingthisformat.
SharePointprovidesvariousapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs:clientside,serverside,JavaScript)
andREST,SOAPandODatabasedinterfaces.
SharePointcanbeusedtoachievecompliancewithmanydocumentretention,recordmanagement,
documentIDanddiscoverylaws.[29]
SharePointiscompatiblewithCMIStheContentManagementInteroperabilityStandard,usingMicrosoft's
CMISConnector(http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/ff934619.aspx).
SharePointbydefaultproducesvalidXHTML1.0thatiscompliantwithWCAG2.0accessibilitystandards.
SharePointcanuseclaimsbasedauthentication,relyingonSAMLtokensforsecurityassertions.SharePoint
providesanopenauthenticationpluginmodel.
SharePointhassupportforXLIFFtosupportthelocalizationofcontentinSharePoint.[30]Alsoadded
supportforAppFabric.[31]

OtherSharePointrelatedMicrosoftproducts

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Productname Description Status

Aplatformthatcombinesworkplacechat,meetings,notes,and
MicrosoftTeams attachments.ItwasdesignedbyMicrosoftasacompetitortoSlack, Active
andwasofficiallyannouncedinNovember2016.
Anenterprisesearchplatformbasedonthesearchcapabilitiesof
SearchServer Discontinued
SharePoint.AFreewareExpresseditionwasonceavailable.
FASTSearch
Server2010for SearchproductthatcanbeimplementedonSharePointFoundation. Discontinued [32][33][34]
SharePoint
SharePoint Afree,clientsidecustomizationandconfigurationtoolfor
Deprecated
Designer SharePoint.
AdiagrammingtoolwhichcanbeusedtodesignSharePoint
MicrosoftVisio Active
Workflows.CanbeaddedtoanOffice365subscription.
Desktop,Mobile,andTabletbasedOfficeProductivitySuite.Also
MicrosoftOffice Active
availableforMac.IncludedinsomeOffice365plans.
OfficeWeb Webbased,online,crossbrowsercompatibleversionsofExcel,Word,
Active
Apps PowerPointandOneNote.DirectlyIntegratewithSharePoint.
Microsoft AnextensiontoSharePointprovidingintegrationwithMicrosoft
Active
ProjectServer Project.
Microsoft AnextensiontoOffice365providingintegrationwithMicrosoft
Active
ProjectOnline Project.
Aclientbasedprojectplanningtoolwhichcanbeconnectedtoa
Microsoft
SharePointtasklistfortaskandganttchartsharing.Comeswith Active
Project
ProjectOnline.
AnextensionforOffice365orSharePointprovidingadvanced
PowerBI Active
BusinessIntelligencecapabilities.
Microsoft AmailserverthatintegrateswithMicrosoftSharePoint.Includedin
Active
ExchangeServer 365.
AclientandserverthatprovideVOIPtelephonyintegration,IM,
Skypefor
conferencing,andvideo/screensharing.IntegrateswithSharePointfor Active
Business
presence.Includedin365.
Acloudonlyenterprisesocialnetworkthatconnectsandclosely
Yammer Active
integrateswithSharePointandisincludedinOffice365.
Microsoft ACRMsystemwithSharePoint&Office365Groupsintegration.On
Active
DynamicsCRM premisesor365tenantdeploymentoptions.
InfoPathForms AllowsInfoPathformstobehostedinaSharePointwebsiteand
Deprecated
Services servedviawebbrowser.
AservertechnologyincludedinSharePoint2010andSharePoint2007
ExcelServices thatenablesuserstoload,calculate,anddisplayExcel2010 Active
workbooksonSharePointServer2010.
SharePoint AclientsideSharePointsitesynchronizationcomponentincludedin
Discontinued
Workspace MicrosoftOffice2010(ProfessionalPluseditionandhigher).
OneDrivefor AclientsidefilesynchronizationcomponentincludedinMicrosoft
Active
Business Office201316andavailableforfreedownload.
OneDrivefor Aclientsidefilesynchronizationcomponentavailableforfree
Active
Mac download.
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History
Origins

SharePointevolvedfromprojectscodenamed"OfficeServer"and"Tahoe"duringtheOfficeXPdevelopment
cycle.

"OfficeServer"evolvedoutoftheFrontPageandOfficeServerExtensionsand"TeamPages".Ittargetedsimple,
bottomupcollaboration.

"Tahoe",builtonsharedtechnologywithExchangeandtheDigitalDashboard,targetedtopdownportals,search
anddocumentmanagement.ThesearchingandindexingcapabilitiesofSharePointcamefromthe"Tahoe"feature
set.ThesearchandindexingfeatureswereacombinationoftheindexandcrawlingfeaturesfromtheMicrosoft
SiteServerfamilyofproductsandfromthequerylanguageofMicrosoftIndexServer.[35]

Versions

Successiveversions(inchronologicalorder):

SharePointPortalServer2001
SharePointTeamServices(2002)
SharePointServices2.0(freelicense)SharePointPortalServer2003(commercialrelease)
SharePointServices3.0(freelicense)plusOfficeSharePointServer2007(commercialextension)[3]
SharePointFoundation2010(free)plusSharePointServer2010(commercialextensionforFoundation),
andSharePointEnterprise2010(commercialextensionforServer)
SharePointFoundation2013(free)plusSharePointServer2013(extensionontopofFoundation),and
SharePointEnterprise2013.
SharePointOnline(Plan1),andSharePointOnline(Plan2)
SharePointServer2016plusSharePointEnterprise2016.

NotablechangesinSharePoint2010

Changesinenduserfunctionalityaddedinthe2010versionofSharePointinclude:

NewUIwithFluentRibbon,usingwikipagesratherthan'webpartpages'andofferingmultibrowser
support.
Newsocialprofiles,andearlysocialnetworkingfeatures
CentralAdministrationrebuilt.
Restructureof"SharedServiceProviders"Introductionof"ServiceApplications"SOAmodel.
SandboxedSolutionsandaclientsideobjectmodelAPIsforJavaScript,Silverlight,and.NETapplications
BusinessConnectivityServices,ClaimsbasedAuthentication,andWindowsPowerShellsupport

NotablechangesinSharePoint2013

Crossbrowserdrag&dropsupportforfileuploads/changes,andFollow/Sharebuttons
OneDriveforBusiness(initiallySkyDrivePro)replacesMySitesandWorkspaces.
Updatestosocialnetworkfeature&newtaskaggregationtool.
Databasecaching,calledDistributedCacheService[36]
Contentawareswitching,calledManagement
Auditcenter(servicecalledeDiscovery)
Rebuiltandimprovedsearchcapabilities

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Removalofsomeanalyticscapabilities
UI:JSLink,MDS,themepacks.NoWYSIWYGinSPDesigner.

NotablechangesinSharePoint2016[37][38]
HybridImprovements
SingleSitesView
UnifiedSearch
SearchSensitiveInformationinHybridSearch
UnifiedUI(O365)
Performance,Scaling&DeploymentImprovements
SearchScalingCapabilities
SiteCollectionEnhancement
DeterministicViewThresholdRemoving5000Limit
DurableLinksandLargeFilesSupport
DeploymentImprovements
MinRole
ZeroDowntimePatching

RelatedSoftwareandCompetitors
EnterpriseContent PersonalCloudfor Intranet&Corporate WebContent
Management[39] Business[40] SocialNetwork[41] Management

EMC
Documentum
Yammer
OpenText
VMWareSocialCast
Onbase
Dropbox Slack Oracle
Proprietary IBMFileNet
Box SalesforceChatter WebCenterPortal
Oracle
GoogleDrive Jive modx
Competition WebCenter
Tonido TIBCOSoftware WordPress
Content
ResilioSync IBMConnections Umbraco
Perceptive
IGLOOSoftware
Content
JostleCorporation
NewgenSoftware
SpringCM

Allmajorcompetition
isopensource.
AeroFS
Open Alfresco
Nextcloud Drupal
Source (software) Diaspora(social
OnlyOffice Joomla
Nuxeo network)
OwnCloud DotNetNuke
Competition eXoPlatform eXoPlatform
Seafile
Typo3
Syncthing Formoresee:Listof
CMS

Seealso
Enterpriseportal
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