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
Continue ReadingUnderstanding SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
Over the years there have been several releases of SharePoint Server for on-premises installations. In the past, Microsoft released them about every three years (SharePoint Server 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019). This meant customers didn’t see any new features for three years and then we had to go through a lengthy, well-planned, and thought-out upgrade process to deploy the next version. You may be wondering where the next major release of SharePoint Server is since we haven’t seen anything about SharePoint Server 2022. … Microsoft released SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, which is expected to be the last major release of any on-premises SharePoint Server product. Microsoft is changing things up… Read More
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