#MSIgnite: Here are some of the highlights from what I gathered. Take them with a pinch of salt, they are mostly from various tweeters present at the conference.
- Server-offerings are not neglected, repeat message from Microsoft. Still it’s: Cloud First, Mobile First
- SharePoint 2016 pushed to sprint 2016. It’s all about hybrid: http://blogs.office.com/2015/04/16/sharepoint-server-2016-update/ and http://en.share-gate.com/blog/sharepoint-2016-release-pushed
- Wizard for Installing SharePoint 2016 lets you choose server role https://twitter.com/bniaulin/status/595307205949267969
- Patching SharePoint 2016 requires zero downtime
- Office-as-a-service, new update model. Security patches can be installed while deferring feature updates http://www.itunity.com/bloglive/super-awesome-officeasaservice-update-model-1795
- Cortana built into Windows 10
- New PowerBI content pack lets you show stats about your tenant https://twitter.com/jthake/status/595329879572230144
Office Graph and Delve shipping to SharePoint 2013 on-premises(!) this yearThis probably means that signals will be pushed to Office 365 and used as input to the Office graph there – not that Office graph will run locally- Office Graph central part of nextgen search in SharePoint
- New Delve dashboards looks awesome http://www.itunity.com/bloglive/crazy-cool-experiences-office-365-delve-check-screenshots-1708
- Hybrid unified search now a reality https://twitter.com/bniaulin/status/595307046918037506
- Groups is the new hot thing. Wictor saying they will more or less replace team sites https://twitter.com/wictor/status/595252780920614912
- Security is the number 1 concern in enterprises today. 75% of attacks come down to weak credentials or compromised identities
- Bring your own key coming 2016 – You hold the key to your encrypted files. Not even Microsoft can get to them even if MS is subpoenaed. http://www.itunity.com/bloglive/bring-key-office365-coming-2016-huge-julia-white-1789
- The number 1 priority for the SharePoint team is to improve the OneDrive for Business experience (e.g., sync issues)
- Office 365 is Microsoft’s fastest growing commercial product ever
- 38% of all SharePoint seats are in Office 365.
- 450 updates to Office 365 last year
- 830 million meetings booked with Office 365 each month
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