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Meet the Microsoft search team at Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft Ignite is just 26 days away and we have a full slate of sessions, activities, events, and opportunities for you to learn more about Microsoft search, meet the team behind it, and get answers to your toughest questions. We're very excited about our presence at Ignite this year as we have A LOT to announce! As such, we anticipate you might want to meet with us to go deeper than what we might cover in our sessions. With that said, we're pleased to offer side meeting opportunities to our customers and partners. If you would like to have a side meeting with our team, please fill out the request form at https://aka.ms/meetsearch so your nomination can be considered. Do this soon as schedules will fill fast!Classic vs Modern and More Microsoft Search Questions Answered
Over the past several weeks we've had a number of community questions on classic vs modern search in relationship to SharePoint and Microsoft Search across social channels, e.g. Twitter, Facebook, etc. and here in the Microsoft Search community. We've selected the most common questions and have created the Q&A below to help answer those. As Microsoft continues to invest in modern experiences, including search, will existing SharePoint search administration options, such as Query Rules, Schema, Dictionaries, Type-Ahead Suggestions, etc. be deprecated over time or made available in Microsoft Search administration? As we continue the journey of modernizing classic search experiences across SharePoint and other Microsoft Search endpoints, we’ll transition their configuration options (where supported with Microsoft Search) to the unified Microsoft Search admin center in addition to their programmatic model where applicable. Microsoft Search is a cohesive search experience across Microsoft 365 and Bing so does not have affinity to a specific endpoint, such as SharePoint, but shares it’s underlying capabilities across Microsoft 365 apps and services. As a singular search experience across Microsoft 365, configuration options for search will move to the unified search admin console as well as “cleaning up” the search settings when in SharePoint context. Will there be changes to the web parts available to the “classic search” experience as search is modernized and transitioned to Microsoft Search? As Microsoft Search continues to roll out across Microsoft 365 we’ll modernize web parts in conjunction. For example, the Hightlighted Content web part will get an advanced capability to allow the use of KQL and CAML directly. This will help solve a lot of user configured roll-up scenarios. Secondly we are investing in making the modern search result page customizable in terms of custom verticals and the ability to add more refiners. We are also investing in an alternative to display templates, using adaptive cards, which will first arrive for the new custom connectors. If you however need full flexibility on how to display results you may as an example use the PnP Modern Search web parts configuring the search box on a site to land on that page, as announced at SPC. Are there plans to introduce classic search replacements for Refiners, Search Bar, and Display Templates? We are working on providing the capability for custom verticals, custom refiners and the use of adaptive cards for the modern search result page. Is it possible to ingest on-premises content into Microsoft Search, such as the ServiceNow examples shown at Microsoft Build in May 2019? ServiceNow is an example of external data being indexed into Microsoft Search using the new connector framework announced at Build and SPC. Any on-premises content or line of business content can be indexed the same way, much in the way hybrid search works today. Expect a number of connectors coming from Microsoft to support file servers, sql databases and SharePoint, as well as partner offerings. Near term, if using SharePoint on-premises, the cloud search service application (hybrid search) can be used to index across on-premises content and brought into Office 365. As Microsoft Search is a cohesive search experience across Microsoft 365, providing data can be brought into one or more endpoints, as described above, it will be available to Microsoft Search. For additional information on these approaches see also https://resources.techcommunity.microsoft.com/connecting-your-data-into-search-and-services/. I read there is a 20M document limit for documents index using the cloud search service application (hybrid search) with SharePoint on-premises. The limit is not 20 million, but there is a limit depending on the licensing and volume you have available in the tenant. Via a service request this number can be increased today. Is Microsoft Search what had been called Bing for Business? Microsoft Search in Bing (formerly known as Bing for Business) is one of Microsoft Search’ endpoints along with SharePoint, Office.com, Outlook, OneDrive, etc. For ingestion the new connector framework is the way forward, and a new query api is being built via the Microsoft Graph. Is there a relationship between the Microsoft Search pipeline and Microsoft Graph? Yes. Indexing and query will be provided via Microsoft Graph APIs. Will it be possible to ingest content from non-Microsoft sources and enrich that content? Any enriching can be done on the custom connector side before the data is ingested into the Microsoft Search search index. How does Microsoft Search fit within the context of Enterprise Search? Microsoft Search is an Enterprise Search solution. With the new investments to easier ingest your own content, and taking advantage of machine learning across all workloads in the Microsoft Graph to provide best of breed ranking of results for the individual, we believe that if you are using Office 365 as one of your primary data sources, then using Microsoft Search will make it easier for your end-users to get a unified search experience on all their data, across all devices. We are investing in providing the same search results in all user experiences, that be bing.com, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint, from your Windows 10 desktop search, or from any mobile device. Bill Baer Senior Product Manager Search & AI Mikael SvensonWe're updating how queries are handled with Microsoft search in Bing
Microsoft search is a new enterprise search experience that increases productivity and saves time by delivering more relevant search results. As part of our GA rollout, we've updated our Microsoft search in Bing terms and have made a change to how we handle certain types of queries. This change helps Microsoft search in Bing ensure that Bing continues to be a great experience and is able to provide users with relevant search results. With this change, Bing systems are able to analyze public search data that is necessary to maintain high quality results while still protecting enterprise queries on Microsoft search in Bing. NOTE This does not affect the way we handle searches submitted for enterprise results through Microsoft search in Bing. We are gradually rolling this out to Standard Release customers in late July and the rollout will be completed worldwide by the end of August. To learn more about Microsoft search in Bing visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/overview-microsoft-search#microsoft-search-in-bing.Join us at SPC – Announcing the SharePoint Conference 2019 Attendee Celebration!
This week we announced the Gin Blossoms will headline the SharePoint Conference attendee celebration! The Gin Blossoms have undoubtedly left their mark on the Rock music map. The Grammy nominated band's fusion of Melodic Rock, Pop, Folk and Country elements has helped pave the way for the modern Rock of today.Don't miss their hit songs, a sampling of new music, and a rockin' the house down show! Learn more about the Gin Blossoms and discover what else is coming to SPC in our latest blog post. There’s still time to register for SPC so don’t miss out on your chance to discover new ways to connect, to collaborate, and create. Get ready to transform your business and discover a new way to work together.SharePoint and Exchange Online eDiscovery Transitioning to Office 365 Security & Compliance Center
UPDATE In January we announced changes to be implemented on July 1, 2017 to the SharePoint and Exchange eDiscovery capabilities (see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/SharePoint-and-Exchange-Online-eDiscovery-Transitioning-to/td-p/41492). Due to the delayed release of a feature that will allow you to copy the results of an eDiscovery search in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center to a discovery mailbox, we’re postponing the decommissioning of new In-Place eDiscovery searches and In-Place Holds in Exchange Online. You will continue be able to create new searches and holds in the Exchange admin center until further notice. It still remains that you will not be able to create new cases in the SharePoint Online eDiscovery Center after July 1, 2017. We'll continue to update this articles as we work to deliver the feature mentioned above. Overview On July 1, 2017, Microsoft will disable the ability to create new In-Place eDiscovery searches and In-Place Holds (*-MailboxSearch) in the Exchange Admin Center in Exchange Online. We’ll also disable the creation of new cases in the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online. Instead, we invite you to use the Security & Compliance Center to fulfill your organization’s eDiscovery needs. In both cases, you will still be able to edit and run existing searches in the Exchange Admin Center and work with existing cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery Center. Microsoft is decommissioning these eDiscovery tools because of their limited breadth across Office 365 services. The Security & Compliance Center supports permissions, cases, holds and exports as well as Advanced eDiscovery features such as Themes, Email Threading, Near Duplicate Detections, and Predictive coding. These changes only apply to the Exchange Admin Center in Exchange Online and the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online. On-premises and dedicated deployments of these tools will continue to be supported. FAQ: Where can I learn more about eDiscovery in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center? https://support.office.com/en-us/article/eDiscovery-in-Office-365-143b3ab8-8cb0-4036-a5fc-6536d837bfce?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US Where can I learn more about Advanced eDiscovery in Office 365? https://support.office.com/en-us/article/eDiscovery-in-Office-365-143b3ab8-8cb0-4036-a5fc-6536d837bfce?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#advancedediscovery Does this change my Office 365 pricing or plan? Although Advanced eDiscovery requires E5 Licensing, the base eDiscovery offering is available for all enterprise plans. When will this happen? New cases in the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online and new In-Place eDiscovery searches and holds in the Exchange Admin Center will be disabled on July 1, 2017. This might vary slightly based on the actual deployment schedule. Will I still have access to my existing cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery Center? Yes, you can continue to interact will all existing cases, you can add searches, holds and export from these cases. We are only removing the ability to add new cases. All new cases should be created in the Security & Compliance Center. For more information, see Manage eDiscovery cases in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center. Will I still have access to my existing searches and holds in the Exchange Admin Center? Yes, you can continue to interact with all existing searches and holds in the Exchange Admin Center. We are only removing the capability to create new searches. All new searches should be created in the Security & Compliance Center. For more information, see Run a Content Search in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center. I use the Exchange Admin Center or SharePoint eDiscovery Center for Retention and Preservation, how do I do this now? The Security & Compliance Center has a full set of features for preserving content. For more information, see Overview of preservation policies. Can I migrate searches in the Exchange Admin Center or cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery Center to the Security & Compliance Center? No. eDiscovery cases in the Security & Compliance Center and cases in the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online are completely different objects, and their underlying architecture is also different. The same is true for In-Place eDiscovery searches in the Exchange Admin Center and Content Searches the Security & Compliance Center. Thus, existing cases and searches can't be migrated to the Security & Compliance Center. If you have existing cases in the eDiscovery Center, we recommend that you continue to manage them in the eDiscovery Center until they are completed and you close them. If you need to support a new legal investigation in your organization, we recommend that you use eDiscovery cases in the Security & Compliance Center. If you have existing searches in the Exchange Admin Center, you can create a corresponding Content Search in the Security & Compliance Center. What about my existing holds, will they continue to preserve data? Yes, all existing holds from the Exchange Admin Center and eDiscovery Center will continue to hold content. Only the creation of new In-Place Holds in the Exchange Admin Center and new cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery center are being disabled. How do I get access to the Security & Compliance Center? By default, global administrators have access to the Security & Compliance Center. Administrators can assign permissions to other users so they can the eDiscovery tools in the Security & Compliance Center. How do I access the Security & Compliance Center? You can navigate directly from https://protection.office.com/ or from the app launcher, choose the Security & Compliance tile.The world has changed since 2007, end of support for Groove 2007 products
Today’s business environments are very different to those of 10 years ago. Groove Server has been a trusted friend for peer-to-peer collaboration over a decade, but there are better ways to deliver against today’s business expectations and technical possibilities. It’s time to upgrade to a modern platform, taking advantage of ubiquitous connectivity and access to the cloud for scale, agility and performance. Today marks nine months until end of support for Groove Server 2007 and related technologies. Groove is peer-to-peer collaborative software. Groove Server is a Windows-based software package that helps you deploy and administer Microsoft SharePoint Workspace when Groove peer workspaces are being used. Groove Enterprise Services 2007 provides access to Groove Server Manager and Relay services through a hosted environment at a Microsoft data center. What End of Support Means? From Octoboer 10th, 2017, Microsoft will no longer offer security updates, support or technical content updates for Groove Server 2007 and related products. The result? Groove 2007 and the workloads and applications running on it will become more expensive to operate Security patches and hotfixes will no longer be available, leaving servers and applications vulnerable to security threats and downtime Outdated software creates compliance risks Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, reaches End of Extended Support on October 10th 2017. If you are still using this edition, you should upgrade urgently to continue to enjoy secure business-class collaboration. This is a great time to consider our cloud based Office 365 productivity and collaboration solution. NOTE Beginning with the release of Microsoft Office 2007, Groove adopts the support lifecycle of the Microsoft Office 2007 suites. Customers must be at the supported service pack level to receive support. Moving Forward Migrating from Groove is an ideal opportunity to transform your business and leverage the power, experience and cloud innovation built into the modern Office 365 platform. SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business provide the building blocks for your business to benefit from the power of the cloud on your terms whether deployed independently or in hybrid configuration. By migrating OneDrive for Business for business mobility, you won’t just avoid the cost and risk of running unsupported server software. You’ll gain access to powerful new capabilities that will help your business be more agile – like enterprise-grade security, file mobility, and access to the cloud. Resources Learn more about OneDrive for Business [https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/business/] Transition to OneDrive for Business from the Groove-based sync client [https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Transition-from-the-previous-OneDrive-for-Business-Sync-Client-4100df3a-0c96-464f-b0a8-c20de34da6fa]SharePoint Server 2016 Recap from Microsoft Ignite
Last week we concluded our second Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta, GA and announced several new capabilities coming to on-premises customers who are using or considering SharePoint Server 2016 or hybrid implementations. This post is a brief recap of those announcements, as well links to additional sessions of interest related to SharePoint Server 2016, hybrid, and migration from Ignite. What did we announce? For SharePoint Server 2016 we announced the early arrival of our inaugural Feature Pack, Feature Pack 1, which includes several new capabilities driven by investments in the cloud and feedback from our customers to include: Logging of administrative actions performed in Central Administration and with Windows PowerShell Enhancements to MinRole to support small environments A new OneDrive for Business user experience Custom tiles in the SharePoint app launcher Unified auditing across site collections on-premises and in Office 365 Unified taxonomy across on-premises and Office 365 OneDrive API 2.0 To learn more about Feature Pack 1 and its capabilities see also the Feature Pack 1 announcement here https://blogs.office.com/2016/09/26/announcing-feature-pack-1-for-sharepoint-server-2016-cloud-born-and-future-proof/. For customers who are looking for more seamless intergration between their on-premises SharePoint deployments and Office 365, we’re introducing two new hybrid capabilities in Feature Pack 1 as described above to provide unified, granular insights into audit reports across on-premises and Office 365 in addition to the ability to share a common Term Store with the Managed Metadata Service. In addition, to help guide and support your journey to Office 365 we also announced new FastTrack offers and solutions designed to help facilitate your migration or hybrid implementation as well as enabling you to diagnose and remediate common issues that may impact your migration. To learn more about these announcements refer to http://fasttrack.microsoft.com/office. Related Sessions Explore Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 and Beyond [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1368] Dive into Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 Upgrade and Migration [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1370] Deployment and Provisioning Best Practices with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1372] Get Started with SharePoint Server 2016 in Microsoft Azure IaaS [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1377] Get Started with User Profile Service Provisioning in SharePoint Server 2016 [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1379] Get Started with Data Security and Compliance with SharePoint Server 2016 [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1373] Empower Discover in SharePoint 2016 with Hybrid Search, Delve, and the Office Graph [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1371] Dive into Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Hybrid Scenarios [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1376] Get Started with Hybrid SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business with FastTrack [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/39774] Explore new SharePoint Hybrid Scenarios: Hybrid Auditing, Hybrid Taxonomy, and Hybrid App Launcher [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/1378] Bridge the Cloud Divide with Hybrid Business Intelligence in SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 [https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos/2722] Keep an eye out for Feature Pack 1 coming in November. BillMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 T-1 until End of Extended Support
This month marks the beginning of the 12-month countdown before Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 reaches end of extended support. It’s not too late to start planning an upgrade or migration to the latest version of SharePoint whether your plans are on-premises, in the cloud, or somewhere in between. It’s hard to believe it’s been over 9 years since we announced SharePoint Server 2007 at our inaugural SharePoint Conference, SharePoint Conference 2006 held in Bellevue, Washington on May 15th, 2006 at the Meydenbauer Convention Center with the keynote delivered by Bill Gates. The theme…”Connecting People, Process, and Information”. SharePoint Server 2007 ushered in a new era of capabilities delivering a platform for composite applications and flexible information management through the newly introduced Business Data Catalog to support for Office integration. SharePoint Server 2007 helped workers find information and connect with subject-matter experts, regardless of their location and with the versions of SharePoint to follow, to include our latest 2016 version, we’ve continued that mission – to connect the content and people that matter most. As revolutionary as SharePoint Server 2007 was at the time, our latest versions of SharePoint both on-premises and in the cloud through Office 365 have even more to offer. For customers who want to upgrade to the latest version of SharePoint on-premises, you will first need to upgrade to 2010, 2013, and finally 2016. Thru advancements in both on-premises and hybrid cloud capabilities, SharePoint Server 2016 provides the benefits of years of cloud innovation, providing best in class IT and Developer experiences, along with new user experiences that work the way users work. Customers can also choose to migrate their data directly from SharePoint Server 2007 to 2016 or to SharePoint Online. Customers wanting to maximize their on-premises server investment should strongly consider migrating to SharePoint Server 2016 as SharePoint Server 2013 is already three years into its own 10-year lifecycle. If you’re planning an upgrade or migration to SharePoint Server 2016 or SharePoint Online, a list of useful resources is available below. Resources Upgrade from Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Foundation 2013 [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee947141.aspx] Upgrade to SharePoint Server 2016 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303420(v=office.16).aspx] Microsoft FastTrack [http://fasttrack.microsoft.com/office]Welcome to SharePoint Developer Discussions
Welcome! public void WelcomeMessage() { <remarks> //Welcome to SharePoint Developer discussions on the Office 365 Network. //This week at the Worldwide Partner Conference we continued to share the journey for our vision of modern client-side development with the SharePoint Framework. //Over the course of the next several weeks through this network and related discussions we'll share more information on the SharePoint Framework, it's relationship to our in-market models, our roadmap, and how you can learn more and get involved. </remarks> } Thanks! BillInnovating to cloud-accelerate your SharePoint on-premises investments
Technology is evolving, it’s helping us drive more intelligent social connections, empowering a more mobile workforce - providing boundless potential for scalable, always available services with the cloud. Cloud services like SharePoint Online in Office 365 are shaping these trends and provide an attractive alternative to on-premises business solutions; however, for a variety of reasons, organizations might want or need to deploy specific solutions in the cloud while still maintaining their on-premises SharePoint environment, whether corporate and/or regulatory compliance, data sovereignty or sensitivity concerns, or even a significant investment in customization. On the other hand, some organizations may wish to gradually move their existing on-premises SharePoint services to the cloud, using a staged migration in which on-premises SharePoint workloads are moved to SharePoint Online one at a time. Hybrid functionality balances these needs and enables and organization to maximize ROI and extend their on-premises investments to the cloud by integrating services like people and content discovery, data connectivity, compliance and more that empower users and drive greater business mobility. SharePoint provides a broad array of hybrid capabilities that enable organizations to take advantage of cloud innovation, at your pace, on your terms, and without the cost of a wholesale migration to Office 365. Over the past year we’ve delivered a number of new and exciting capabilities that enable you to quickly get started with innovation in Office 365 from cloud hybrid search to recently announced SharePoint Insights. Cloud Hybrid Search The Cloud Hybrid Search scenario represents the next generation in hybrid search and discovery. With the cloud hybrid search solution, both your on-premises and Office 365 crawled content is unified in a search index hosted in Office 365. When users query your search index in Office 365, they get search results from both on-premises and Office 365 content. The content metadata is encrypted when it’s transferred to the search index in Office 365, so the on-premises content remains secure. Cloud Hybrid Search provides a unified set of results and empowers organizations to apply the capabilities of the Office Graph and Delve, as well as their respective mobile applications, to their on-premises and cloud content. Learn more about Cloud Hybrid Search at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Learn-about-cloud-hybrid-search-for-SharePoint-af830951-8ddf-48b2-8340-179c1cc4d291?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US. B2B Collaboration An extranet site in SharePoint is a site that organizations create to let external users have access to relevant content and to collaborate with them. Extranet sites allow a way for partners to securely do business with your organization. The content for your partner is kept in one place and they have only the content and access they need. They don’t need to email the documents back and forth or use some tools that are not sanctioned by IT. Traditionally, deploying a SharePoint on-premises extranet site involves complex configuration to establish security measures and governance, including granting access inside the corporate firewall, and expensive initial and on-going cost. But with Office 365 SharePoint hybrid extranet, partners connect directly to a members-only site in Office 365, without access to the corporate on-premises environment or any other Office 365 site. Office 365 extranet sites can be accessed anywhere. Learn more about B2B Collaboration at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/SharePoint-Business-to-Business-Collaboration-Extranet-for-Partners-with-Office-365-7b087413-165a-4e94-8871-4393e0b9c037?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US. Scenario Picker The hybrid scenario picker is a new feature in Office 365 that simplifies the configuration and deployment of hybrid capabilities with SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Server 2016. You can use the scenario picker wizard to redirect OneDrive for Business to SharePoint Online, and/or to make a Server-to-Server (S2S)/OAuth connection for your SharePoint Hybrid features. Learn more about the hybrid scenario picker at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt346117.aspx. Extensible App Launcher The App Launcher is a familiar feature in Office and it’s now been extended to SharePoint Server 2016. The App Launcher provides a common location to discover new apps and navigate SharePoint on-premises and Office 365. The extensible hybrid app launcher is designed to help you get to your Office 365 apps and services from SharePoint Server 2016. The extensible App Launcher is enabled when enabling hybrid Team Sites and/or OneDrive for Business, once you enable this feature, you’ll see the Office 365 Delve and Video apps, along with your custom Office 365 tiles, appear in your SharePoint Server 2016 app launcher. Learn more about the Extensible App Launcher at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/The-extensible-hybrid-app-launcher-617a7cb5-53da-4128-961a-64a840c0ab91. Profile Redirection Profile redirection is a component of the hybrid Team Sites feature introduced in SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 and available in SharePoint Server 2016. Profile redirection, in a hybrid Team Sites configuration redirects cloud (hybrid) users to their profile in Office 365 powered by Office Delve ensuring hybrid users have a single place for their profile information. Learn more about Profile Redirection at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Plan-hybrid-profiles-96d1eaf0-94eb-40c5-ab76-c82907777db4. OneDrive for Business and Sites In SharePoint Server, you can redirect users to OneDrive for Business in Office 365 when they choose OneDrive in the navigation bar (SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2013) or in the app launcher (SharePoint Server 2016). This is known as hybrid OneDrive for Business. With this feature, you can continue to use your on-premises SharePoint farm while providing your users with an easy way to store, share, and collaborate in the cloud with OneDrive for Business in Office 365. This best-of-both-worlds approach lets you keep your key business information in your own environment while allowing users the flexibility to access their documents from anywhere. Learn more about OneDrive for Business and Sites at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Hybrid-sites-features-and-OneDrive-for-Business-5ff7e56a-7af2-4511-adec-1e043afe244e#sitesfeatures. Looking ahead We’re always looking for new ways to innovate with hybrid, whether across on-premises and Office 365 or across Office 365 itself. As we lead into Microsoft Ignite we’ll have some exciting new hybrid capabilities available that provide a data layer experience to drive broader security and compliance and content management scenarios. SharePoint Insights A new hybrid feature that is currently in progress for SharePoint 2016 is Microsoft SharePoint Insights. Microsoft SharePoint Insights aims at helping SharePoint administrators manage their infrastructure more efficiently. With SharePoint Insights, Office 365 reports are generated using your SharePoint 2016 on-premises diagnostic and usage logs. Configuration is simple and you can start viewing regularly updated reports in the Office 365. To learn more about SharePoint Insights as it becomes available see also https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt622371(v=office.16).aspx. In addition to SharePoint Insights we’ll also have more new capabilities to enable you to bring th cloud to your business. Follow http://hybrid.office.com/ to keep informed as to what’s coming. We’re excited about the opportunity and benefits of the cloud. The cloud allows us to be more agile in our development, increases the speed with which we can bring innovation to market, and enables us to create new experiences that leverage the computational power and integrated aspects that come only with Office 365. We understand that not all of you are able to move to the cloud all at once. That’s why you’ll continue to see us deliver more hybrid and coexistence innovation through cumulative updates and our upcoming on-premises release planned for 2015, as well as more training, readiness material, and guidance. For those of you ready to take the leap, hybrid computing can help you get there. For more information and to understand what hybrid scenarios can do for your business, check out these resources: Hybrid Resource Center on Office (http://hybrid.office.com)
