SharePoint 2013 Features:-
1.
Features
of Enterprise Content Management
1)
FAST
Search is now integrated into SharePoint Server Search
2)
Drag
and drop file upload
3)
Share
documents in your newsfeed
4)
Mass
edit document metadata
5)
Utilize
retention policies for emails using an Exchange Site Mailbox
6)
Create
attractive, usable navigation with managed metadata terms
2.
Enhancements
to Search in SharePoint Server 2013:
1)
Result
blocks allow a configurable grouping of similar search results
2)
Query
suggestions help users find what they previously searched
3)
Site
collection administrators can create display templates using an HTML editor to
customize the search result appearance
4)
Microsoft
Office file type icons make documents easier to find
5)
A
new set of ranking models improve people search, intranet search, and internet
sites
6)
Analytics
is now built directly into the SharePoint Search architecture
7)
Query
rules let administrators configure promoted results and result blocks
8)
Continuous
crawling makes new items almost instantly available to search results.
9)
Hover
preview panel for search results
3.
Features
of Enterprise Workflows:
1)
SharePoint
2010 workflows still work in SharePoint 2013 by running the Windows Workflow
Foundation 3 engine, installed for backwards compatibility
2)
Text
and Visual based workflow Design options in SharePoint Designer 2013
3)
You
can now have workflows loop until a certain condition is met
4.
Web
Content Management Enhancements:
1)
Use
familiar tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver to design the site and brand.
2)
Use
Design manager to preview, customize, and package your site in the web browser.
3)
Create
reusable content that can be consumed by many different targeted devices using
device channels
4)
Surface
dynamic content to the end user based on search driven content display
5)
The
SharePoint mark-up has be architected for simpler CSS and HTML5
5.
Powerful
Social features in SharePoint Server 2013:
1)
Facebook-esque
news feeds, complete with a “Like” button and support for pictures and
hyperlinks
2)
Skydrive
Pro replaces SharePoint Workspace for offline content sync with a deep Office
2013 integration
3)
Threaded
discussion boards let you reply to specific people using the (at)name format
4)
Follow
specific people and documents to aggregate relevant updates
5)
Tag
content with the hashtag (#)
6.
Office
Web Apps - Benefits of Utilizing Office Web Apps Server:
1)
Open
office documents from any device including Windows 8 and iOS tablets.
2)
Available
on SkyDrive for viewing and editing your documents in the cloud.
3)
Touch
Device compatible
4)
Coauthoring
Enabled
7.
Project
Server - Features of Project Server
2013:
1)
Build
a project schedule and resource allocation in the Project Pro 2013 client
application, and then publish it to SharePoint Server 2013
2)
Improved
demand management workflows allow organizations to collect "demand"
for project ideas, prioritize and execute them
3)
Touch-enabled
mobile access to project data for Windows Phone 7.5+, Apple iPhone, and Android
devices
4)
Rollup
views of project statuses for the C level executives in your organization
5)
Tasks
and Calendars are now rolled up from Exchange, Project, and SharePoint into
your personal Mysite
8.
Central
Admin - Benefits of the Central Administration Features Include:
1)
Application
Management - Web Applications, Site Collections, Service Applications, Database
2)
System
Settings - Servers, Email and SMS, Farm Management
3)
Monitoring
- Health Analyzer, Timer Jobs, Reporting
4)
Backup
and Restore - Farm Backup and Restore, Granular Backup
5)
Security
- Users, General Security, Information Policy
6)
Upgrade
and Migration - Upgrade and Patch Management
7)
General
Application Settings - External Service Connections, InfoPath Forms Services,
SharePoint Designer, Search, Content Deployment, Report Server Settings
8)
Apps
- SharePoint and Office Store, App Management
9)
Configuration
Wizards - Farm Configuration Wizard
9.
PowerShell
3.0 - Benefits of the PowerShell Framework for SharePoint:
1)
Powered
by PowerShell 3.0 (tab completion, PowerShell Web Access, Task Scheduler
Integration)
2)
Improved
code writing
3)
300+
New cmdlets
4)
New
SharePoint Apps Framework
5)
Update
Help documentations easily
10.
Identity
Management- Benefits of User Authentication Management Include:
1)
Ease
the process of using claims-based authorization
2)
Only
authorized users are enabled to use the system
3)
ASP.Net
Forms Authentication is supported
4)
Claims-based
identity and authentication is supported (Windows claims, ASP.Net membership,
SAML)
5)
All
IIS and Windows authentication options are supported by SharePoint(Basic,
Digest, Certificates, NTLM, Kerberos)
11.
App
Management - Benefits of App Management in SharePoint 2013:
1)
Purchase
Apps from the Microsoft SharePoint App Store directly from Central
Administration
2)
Manage
App Licenses
3)
Monitor
App Performance
4)
Manage
App Permissions
5)
Manage
the App Catalog available to end-users
12.
SharePoint
Designer - SharePoint Designer Benefits
Include:
1)
New
HTML 5 and CSS Support
2)
Overhauled
Graphical Workflow Designer Interface
3)
Workflows
now support loops and workflow stages (jump to any stage in a workflow)
13.
Performance
and Scalability - SharePoint 2013 Scalability and Performance Perks:
1)
50%
Faster Server Response Times
2)
10x
faster Active Directory Import speeds
3)
40%
more efficient use of bandwidth
4)
80%
less file I/O related SQL IOPS – only write back file changes (shredded
storage), SQL low level optimizations
5)
Faster
Perceived End-User experience using animations and drag and drop file upload
6)
10K
Sites in a Content Database from SharePoint 2010
7)
750K
farm Sites (250K in SharePoint 2010)
8)
500
Content Databases in a farm from 300 in SharePoint 2010
14.
Upgrade
and Migration - Some Enhancements for SharePoint 2013 Upgrades:
1)
Safer
Upgrades with Site Collection health checks and evaluation sites for preview
2)
Reduced
Outage Duration by upgrading site collections separately from databases
3)
Deferred
Site Collection Upgrade allows site collection administrators to control when
the site collection upgrade occurs as well as when the user experience switches
from 2010 to 2013
4)
SharePoint
2010 Customization upgrades can wait as they are installed alongside the
SharePoint 2013 bits
5)
A
System Status bar at top of screen (upgrade in progress, maintenance in
progress, read only data)
6)
Improved
Upgrade Logs with Specific Error Codes and separate files for each site
collection upgrade
15.
Mobile
Optimization - Mobile Optimization
Features:
1)
Device
Channels – Versions of pages can be targeted to specific devices.
2)
Push
Notifications – Similar to email alerts but specific to mobile devices.
3)
Location
– New field types can utilize your devices GPS coordinates.
4)
Business
Intelligence – Dashboard content viewable on mobile devices.
5)
Office
Web Apps – OWA Server lets optimized viewers open Office documents on mobile
devices.
16.
Client
Object Model - New Version of APIs Has Added Support For:
1)
Search
2)
User
Profiles
3)
Taxonomies
4)
Publishing
5)
Feeds
6)
Sharing
7)
Workflow
8)
E-Discovery
9)
IRM
10)
Analytics
11)
BCS
17.
SharePoint
Apps - Benefits of SharePoint 2013 Apps Include:
1)
The
App doesn't affect the SharePoint farm performance (though may flood the farm
with client side object model calls)
2)
Developers
can package and distribute their SharePoint Apps on the new Microsoft App store
which works with On-premises SharePoint, Hosted SharePoint (Fpweb.net), or the
Microsoft Cloud (Office 365)
3)
SharePoint
Apps can be hosted in an isolated SharePoint Site, isolated server, or even on
Windows Azure
4)
Server
side code is not possible for Apps (farm solutions are required here)
5)
SharePoint
Apps rely on OAuth 2.0
18.
Business
Connectivity - Benefits of the Business Connectivity Services Include:
1)
The
Eventing framework allows external notifications and alerts on external lists.
2)
BCS
allows offline use for your external data and processes.
3)
Main
performance improvements include data source filtering, sorting and ability to
export to Excel.
4)
Deploy
app scoped BDC models instead of just farm-scoped.
