What's New in Business Applications and Services

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration and content management. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s technology... more

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

The Office 2016 version of Office 365 ProPlus began being rolled out as an automatic upgrade in Feb. 2016.
Office Online Server, the successor to Office Web Apps Server, shipped to volume license customers in May 2016.
SharePoint Server 2016 shipped to volume license customers in May 2016.
Project Server 2016 shipped alongside SharePoint Server 2016 in May 2016.
Duet Enterprise is not included in SharePoint Server 2016 and leaves Extended support in 2020.
Delve Analytics became available for production use in Office 365 in Apr. 2016.
Yammer was turned on by default in Apr. 2016 for all Office 365 tenants whose service plans include it.
A Skype for Business Mac client, which should be generally available by the end of 2016, is currently in preview.
Talko, a hosted conferencing service, was acquired by Microsoft in late 2015

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