Show Notes for Episode 17 - An Overview of SharePoint 2016
It's 2017! Happy New Year!!! We hope your year is off to a phenomenal start. In Episode 17, Michael and Brian finally talk about SharePoint 2016. They provide an overview of SharePoint 2016's new features, such as MinRole, the updated user interface, and feature packs. They talk about the need for Office Online Server (OOS), as well as the features which have been deprecated. Listen to the show to learn more about what's new in SharePoint 2016.
Links from the show:

Renaming sites from micrsoftonline.com to sharepoint.com: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3053838
Focused Inbox Feature coming to Office 365: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2016/10/14/managing-focused-inbox-in-office-365-and-outlook/
The "new" Office 365 Admin Center is finally going GA: https://blogs.office.com/2016/09/27/office-365-administration-announcements-new-admin-center-reaches-general-availability-and-introducing-the-service-health-dashboard/
Just announced: Azure SQL Database performance increases across the board: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-database-is-increasing-the-read-and-write-performance
Announced 12/13: StorSimple as a backup target (StorSimple 8000 Series running Update 3 or later, for Backup Exec, NetBackup, Veeam): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/storsimple-as-a-backup-target/
Old news: schedule auto-shutdown of ARM-based VMs without Azure DevTest labs: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-auto-shutdown-for-vms-using-azure-resource-manager/
Announced 12/15: New OneDrive Admin Center Preview: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/OneDrive-for-Business/Announcement-New-OneDrive-Admin-Center-Preview/m-p/35918#M766
The OneDrive Admin Center: https://admin.onedrive.com
SharePoint 2016 New Features - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt346121(v=office.16).aspx
Restricted characters in SharePoint and SharePoint Online: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/905231
Compare 2013 and 2016 features: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/sharepoint-online-service-description.aspx#bkmk_FeaturesOnPremise
Overview of Deprecated Features: