What's New in Business Applications and Services

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration services and client software. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s... more

Major developments for Microsoft’s business applications roadmap since the Apr. 2015 Enterprise Software Roadmap include the following:

Office 2016 for Windows received a new preview in May 2015 and is planned for release in the second half of 2015.
Office 2013 SP1 is required for Microsoft product support after Apr. 14, 2015.
Exchange 2013 SP1 became required for Exchange 2013 support in Apr. 2015.
Exchange 2013 CU8 became generally available in Mar. 2015.
A preview of Outlook 2016 became available in Mar. 2015.
Exchange 2016 was announced in May 2015.
SharePoint Server 2016 and Project Server 2016 are planned for release in the first half of 2016 according to a new plan announced in May 2015.
Office 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, and Project Server 2013 installations require SP1 for Microsoft product support as Apr. 14, 2015.
SharePoint Designer will be discontinued, but SharePoint Designer 2013 will still be able to customize SharePoint Server 2016 on-premises

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