SharePoint 2019: Latest features and functionalities that developers should be aware of

Microsoft SharePoint 2019 is a hot topic of discussion as Microsoft has revealed some interesting and exciting features and is considered to be a modern platform for immense flexibility and seamless functioning across various devices. The latest release has completely focused on team collaboration, the user interface across varied devices, and how cloud computing can be used to the existing on premises capabilities with the latest launch.

Sharing, organizing and tracking down documents has always been a continuous headache for business owners and employees. And Microsoft SharePoint has made it quite easy to share, manage and streamline business processes and with the latest SharePoint 2019, it will only help to improve the experience for both hybrid and on-premises users.

So let’s take a look at what SharePoint 2019 has come up and how you can prepare yourself for that:

Modern User Experience:

SharePoint 2019 has included some new UX enhancements that include better collaborative and communication capabilities. The features include:

·         With SharePoint home, your home screen will now offer the news and sites that you prefer to view in one central dashboard.

·         Modern libraries and lists will be easily available

·         With user friendly improvements, web parts and authoring, anyone can easily create web content.

·         The office 365 “waffle” menu with Suite Navigation and App Launcher will be available

·         Earlier you could allow only the outsiders to access SharePoint on premises by giving them a license, but now you can enjoy the flexible sharing capabilities of office 365.

Communication Site Improvements:

New and improved communication sites can now dynamically pull the content from office 365 by using SharePoint web parts. This will help to simplify the business processes of creating and even sharing some important updates and announcements. The web parts include Microsoft Forms, Planner, File Viewer, Twitter, and etc.

Also Read: Web Parts That SharePoint Offers for Better User Experience

Administration and Infrastructure Improvements:

There are some important features in SharePoint 2019 that are aimed to improve the infrastructure and administration and they include:

·         You don’t have to search your documents anymore as you can now directly use the go-to-links in Central Administration.

·         The new version of Workflow manager will replace the previous one with improved and latest features

·         SharePoint 2019 has brought some deeper integrations with Flow and PowerApps and this will bring in improved performance and fewer restrictions than before.

·         You will also be able to use the actual authenticated SMTP in order to send your emails.

 OneDrive:

Organizations that have large on-premises libraries will be happy to know that the latest SharePoint 2019 will bring in improved OneDrive Sync Client. The advanced features include OneDrive Sync Client support for both personal and team sites, that includes files on demand and it will also have push notifications that will help to create a reliable, fast synchronization experience.

Support for Business Processes:

Most business organizations use SharePoint to support their business process automation, collaboration and custom business applications. And moving complex works to the cloud can be difficult. SharePoint 2019 has included automation processes and technologies like PowerApps and Flow to the on premises data.

Summary:

SharePoint 2019 has come up with some interesting and great features that include team sites, communications sites, lists and libraries, support for access to user documents and many more.