With the release of SharePoint Server 2016
many of you are working on a road map for your On-Prem farms
but also more importantly
how your organization can start getting value from the cloud sooner, rather than later.
over the next few minutes
we'll discuss how to start your journey to the cloud
including, which new cloud scenarios make sense
to deliver first to your On-Prem users through a hybrid configuration.
How these experiences light up for your end users.
The different hybrid configuration options available for admins.
And lastly, how to start data migration projects when you are ready
with our fast-track center.
Whether you have a long-term commitment
to keep the bulk of your company's assets in an On-Prem farm
or, whether you're planning a full transition
to a 100% cloud deployment in the future.
The question still remains
if I want to start getting value from the cloud today
where exactly do I start?
Many people think that the journey to the clouds starts with a complicated data migration project
but we have found that in most cases
data migration is not the start of the journey
but really the final lap.
The easiest way to get value out of the cloud now
is to augment your existing On-Prem farm
with new useful cloud services via hybrid.
Let's look at what you can do now with SharePoint Server 2016 in your own data center
but connected with Office 365 cloud services.
One of the design principles of hybrid
is that while you admins out there know exactly what services are deployed and how they are configured
actual end users should not need to understand what is On-Prem
versus what's in the cloud
and shouldn't see any seams in their experience.
In Office 365
we created the app launcher as a common navigation
that gets you to your sites and services across the breadth of workloads in Office 365.
With SharePoint Server 2016
we brought the app launcher to On-Prem.
It's useful even if you haven't moved to the cloud yet
to help users quickly navigate through the product
but, in a hybrid world
it really shines.
The app launcher plays a key role in connecting users
to workloads regardless of whether they're served from On-Premises or from the cloud
and as you start to deliver new cloud services to your organization via hybrid
you'll also find the app launcher
is critical for end user discovery of these new applications and services.
Let's look at what the experience is like
if you delivered OneDrive from the Office 365 cloud via hybrid.
There is indeed an On-Prem version of OneDrive for business
included in SharePoint Server 2016
and it's a great upgrade from 2013
but for those of you who are looking to get one foot in the cloud
deploying the cloud version of OneDrive
instead of the On-Prem version
makes a lot of sense as your first move.
The very large quota sizes.
Seamless access from remote locations with no VPN required.
And, always the latest and greatest web and mobile experiences
has really tipped many of our customers
into selecting our cloud offering of OneDrive.
As you can see here
even though the user started from an On-Prem Team Site
by using the app launcher
he navigated easily to the cloud version of OneDrive
with the user not really needing to know where the back end is.
Another popular cloud services to deploy via hybrid
is our Office 365 video service.
In partnership with Azure Media Services
we have built a ready-to-go video service that you can deploy today.
Additional customization of the service
so it fits your needs, is optional but not mandatory.
And, with the push of a button
you can deploy an easily discoverable video service for your whole enterprise
full of the modern experiences you would expect such as commenting
viewing statistics
and through the power of the Office Graph
intelligent, trending, and curated content that engages your employee base.
And, as you expected
you can easily embed a cloud-based video
directly into a SharePoint page on an existing On-Prem site.
Let's talk about SharePoint sites.
Another common scenario is the need for a collaboration space
so your employees can get work done
with people from outside your organization
such as your supply chain.
Up to now, your choices have been to have this collaboration happen outside of your control
or allow these external guests
to poke through your firewall and access your intranet.
With the Office 365 cloud
there is a better way.
The hybrid extranet.
Using a SharePoint site from the Office 365 cloud
you can easily create a safe and secure collaboration space
so your employees as well as their external partners
can get their work done in an environment in which you control.
But now, many employees
have critical sites they need to get back to on a daily basis
but their content is now divided up into two environments
one On-Prem
and one in the cloud.
Let's talk about other features we can deliver to you
to make hybrid seamless for your users.
Our Office 365 sites page
has been designed to be the one place
you have to remember to get back to all the group insights you care about.
Our new version, shown here
powered by Delve in the Office Graph
will keep your users connected with the content they are looking for.
Now when you enable hybrid sites
the app launcher will start navigating your users
to our new modern cloud-based sites page
which will enumerate both their on-prem and cloud sites
all in one place.
Your users just don't have to understand or care
where their content is
it's just one click away.
The next opportunity for you to bring together a seamless end user experience
is through hybrid search.
By doing so, you consolidate to one search index
in the office 365 cloud
combining all the content from your different environments
with On-Prem and the cloud in one place.
As you can see here in this example
by searching for SharePoint marketing
I see it combined relevancy result set
for all of my content
via in the cloud or in my On-Prem farm.
Note that none of your data that needs to remain On-Prem
has moved anywhere.
It's still On-Prem.
This allows you to have one organizational wide search experience
to find all of your content, no matter where it resides
but the value of enabling hybrid search for your organization, doesn't end there
because the SharePoint search index is deeply integrated
with the Office Graph.
Delve helps your users find relevant
trending content in your organization.
Even with the bulk of your content still On-Prem
by enabling hybrid search
we can start delivering experiences like Delve to your employees today.
Not only do I get an immediate view
of the most relevant interesting content based on what the graph knows about me
but I can do a directed search
and quickly find the content I've been looking for.
Once you've seen how Delve and the Office Graph
can enable richer experiences for your end users
our next step is to move to our hybrid profile
a Delve powered experience that integrates and replaces
the existing On-Prem SharePoint profile.
With a few clicks
your users can find and interact with their colleagues
in new exciting ways
such as seeing the documents they've shared with you
browsing the local org chart, leaving praise
catching up on their blog, initiating a skype chat, and more.
We also have an API
to add some of your own custom attributes if needed.
These are a great set of experiences.
But, what exactly did you have to do as the admin
to configure and deploy them?
To start let's look at how we set up OneDrive and hybrid sites.
After you set up Azure Active Directory sync with your on-prem farm
it's time to navigate over to the SharePoint admin center
in your Office 365 tenancy.
Here once run, one of our hybrid configuration wizards.
After that's completed
you want to move on to your central admin in your on-prem farm
and look at further customization options
that you might want to take advantage of.
If you remember the hybrid extranet solution we deployed earlier
one of the more popular customization options
is to limit the amount of external sharing that actually occurs.
With our new allow and denial list
you control what external organizations your employees are allowed to collaborate with.
Now, in regards to hybrid search
it remains the same as in SharePoint Server 2013.
You create a cloud search service application in your On-Prem farm.
Connect those service applications to your Office 365 tenancy
and then start start a crawl of your content.
We just walked you through a ton of value
you can start delivering to your organization today
and we haven't even gotten around to thinking about data migration yet.
But, at some point you'll be ready to start pushing content
you currently maintain on-prem
to your cloud tenancy.
And, we're here to help.
The FastTrack center provides assistance in getting up and running
in the Office 365 cloud including migration services.
We now support migration projects
from On-Prem file shares
as well as importing from third party services such as Google Drive and BOX.
Later, coming soon
we will also be delivering direct migration services
for On-Prem SharePoint site collections
including MySay and OneDrive On-Prem.
That was just a brief overview of the current set of hybrid and migration services
Microsoft is delivering today
to help you move your organization to the cloud
at the pace that's right for you.
But, just around the corner
we have more that we'll be delivering to you
including, SharePoint insights
which allows you to upload your on-prem audit logs
for a consolidated view across your environments
in the Office 365 Compliant Center
enhancements to our hybrid configuration wizard
for even easier setup and deployment
and hybrid taxonomy
which gives you one master taxonomy database across On-Prem and cloud.
Coming up with the right cloud stategy
to move your business forward
can be a daunting challenge
but Microsoft is here to help.
Not only can we assist you in defining your long term cloud strategy
but, in the short term
we can help you make that first step in that joiurney
and deliver value to your organization today.
To learn more, check out the resources on FastTrack.
Thank you for watching.
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