Recently, Microsoft launched new preview version of SharePoint 2019 which includes many new features and also promise of more to come. As per Microsoft, SharePoint Server 2019 brings new, modern experiences for users that are intuitive and simple. Both SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2016 are widely popular among individuals and enterprises.
SharePoint 2019 Focuses on 3 Areas
The SharePoint Server 2019 Preview gives a glance at a new features that will assist identify the scope and reliability of SharePoint Server 2019. The new updates are basically based around three different themes:
• User experiences developed through SharePoint Online.
• Content engagement across all browsers and devices.
• Powerful scaling security and compliance capabilities.
"SharePoint Server 2019 provides an enhanced hybrid experience to all users. Moreover, all the good features of SharePoint Online are now there in on-premises version as well.
The best thing is the new powerful sync feature for OneDrive that makes SharePoint one-size-fits-all solution for all of these needs for enterprises to retire competing file, sync and share solutions such as Box or Dropbox.
6 SharePoint 2019 Additions
The new features make SharePoint more compelling, flexible, mobile, and simple to use. They include:
1. SharePoint Home Page
The SharePoint home page makes it easy to find and access SharePoint sites within the organization. Users will have various options to find news as they can get news from following and suggested sites. Moreover, users have the opportunity to build sites from the home page — if the administrator has allowed doing so.
2. Lists and Libraries
The new preview includes the modern experiences for lists and libraries in team sites. The default lists and library experience is now updated for the common tasks, users can copy and move files using the command bar as well as pin documents, also they can add files as links, filter and sort in few clicks and apply formatting to columns.
3. New Team, Site Pages
Communication sites provide a platform to spread news, show a story, or broadcast a message with your friends, family, colleagues and more. The new Hero web part allows showing maximum five items with images, text, and links to bring the most important content in the notice.
4. New Pages
The new pages are created using web parts that can be tailored as per requirement. Users are allowed to put in documents, images, site activities, embed videos and Yammer feeds, among other things. Moreover, they can use Excel, Word, embed video content and PowerPoint documents as well.
5. Modern Search Experience
SharePoint 2019 contains another new feature which enhances the search experience. Using the modern search experience, users are able to see the results before they begin typing, and as they type results updates accordingly, giving users a variety of suggestions and options. The search results page displays an awesome overview of search results, categorized by type.
6. Lists
Now, users can share and collaborate the structured data and fetch information from other systems into SharePoint to support business process. The update and new changes make it simple to build, curate and interact with the information.
6 Features Sunsetted in SharePoint 2019
Since inception, SharePoint believes in collaboration, and it continues with new edition as well. New features allow people to work together on files, lists and libraries as well. However, various features are on the way out, in the new updates:
1. Aggregregate Newsfeed
In SharePoint 2019, aggregated newsfeed feature will now be read-only. The new update removes both the tile in the app launcher and the option to implement the newsfeed capability.
2. Custom Help
The existing help engine in SharePoint will also not be available in the future. The new update includes Microsoft legacy on-premises SharePoint help engine, which is basically based on help collections being installed in the on-premises farm. It will be updated in new addition and will synchronize content with Office 365.
3. SharePoint Designer 2013
Microsoft SharePoint Designer (SPD), which is a HTML editor freeware for building or amending Microsoft SharePoint sites, workflows and web pages, will be not there in new edition.
4. Multi-Tenancy
The cost and complexity of SharePoint multi-tenancy features is proving too expensive, therefore it will not be available in the SharePoint 2019.
5. Visio Services
Support from Microsoft Silverlight will be available till Oct. 12, 2021 after which it will no longer provide the support. So, Silverlight-based rendering will not be available in SharePoint Server 2019 Public Preview.
6. Code-based sandbox solutions
Support for code-based sandbox solutions will no longer be available in SharePoint 2019. Sandbox solutions are customization packages that allow deploying customizations to SharePoint on the site collection level.
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