This is what a lot of us have been waiting for, a unified Search experience. The wizard to configure either of the simple scenarios above work very well, as long as you follow the requirements. Now users can click on “Follow” both On-Premises and on their Office 365 and see them all in one place under the “Sites” app in the App Launcher. In other words, if a user clicks on OneDrive, he’ll be redirected to his Office 365 My Site and no longer to his On-Premises. Though this has been available in SharePoint 2013 since SP1, with SharePoint 2016 you can redirect your My Sites to your Office 365 subscription’s OneDrive for Business host. Here’s what you will see: OneDrive Redirection I’ll be honest though, the word “Hybrid” is getting thrown around very easily these days, so it’s important to note that there isn’t a complete hybrid experience available just yet.įree Bonus: Download the Ultimate Migration Checklist to better execute your move to SharePoint 2016. No surprises here, though not the only focus of this new release, making SharePoint 2016 work with your Office 365 is a major part of it. New Hybrid Possibilities with SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 Microsoft has also published a list of everything new with this new version if you are interested.Īfter downloading and installing SharePoint 2016 for myself, here is what I found. If you’re looking for the hardware and software requirements to get started, Bill Baer had previously posted everything you need to know to get started.

Since then, I’ve had the chance to play with it for a little while, and here’s everything you need to know. As expected, since the last week of August 2015, we were granted the opportunity to install SharePoint 2016 to see what the first preview is all about. Ladies and Gentlemen: Microsoft has officially made SharePoint 2016 available for us to play with.

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