SharePoint Server 2013 End of Support

Brian Alderman

Microsoft will move SharePoint Server 2013 to the End of Support category on April 11, 2023. The Microsoft end-of-support process provides two phases: Phase 1, mainstream support, which includes security updates, bug fixes, and new features; and Phase 2, extended support, which includes paid support and security updates, not including bug fixes and patches to the product, and, of course, no new features. For those of you running SharePoint Server 2013, it won’t stop working, but if there are issues with it, there won’t be any free support available for this product, no additional software updates, and no more bug and security fixes. The product will be obsolete. Even if… Read More

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OneDrive for Business Changes in SharePoint Server 2019

Brian Alderman

Microsoft made several announcements at the SharePoint Conference North America in Las Vegas last month, and one of the biggest announcements was regarding what is new in SharePoint Server 2019 including the changes made to OneDrive for Business. I’d like to take a few moments to introduce the changes made in OneDrive so you’ll have an idea of what to expect when working with OneDrive in SharePoint Server 2019. One of the first things you’ll notice is a cleaner and simpler user interface. The new interface makes locating and accessing your files much  easier. Speaking of files in OneDrive; a major feature of OneDrive is the ability to sync files… Read More

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Microsoft announces release of SharePoint Server 2019 Preview

Brian Alderman

Microsoft holding to it’s commitment of releasing SharePoint Server 2019 Preview in early summer announced the release of it on July 24th. If you haven’t read what is contained in SharePoint Server 2019, please review my early blog post titled; SharePoint Server 2019: What you can expect that discusses the expected enhancements, new features and functionality, as well as what has been removed from this version of SharePoint on-premises. In addition to SharePoint Server 2019 Preview, Project Server 2019 Preview was also released as announced by Senior Technical Product Manager of SharePoint; Bill Baer. He categorizes the enhancements and new capabilities of SharePoint Server 2019 Preview into three primary areas:… Read More

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SharePoint Server 2019: What you can expect

Brian Alderman

Microsoft made several announcements at the SharePoint Conference North America in Las Vegas last week, and one of the biggest announcements that everyone wants to hear about is; what is happening with SharePoint Server 2019. Well, I have some hot-off-the-press information about what Microsoft is saying we can expect in SharePoint Server 2019. Microsoft Senior Product Manager Bill Baer delivered a session the first day of the conference to share the exciting news about what’s in store for SharePoint on-premises Admins, and developers. We can summarize it in one word: Modern. I’ll be focusing on the IT Pro information, but provide a smidge of developer info, and I will begin… Read More

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