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Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

By : Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood
Book Image

Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019

By: Lewin Wanzer, Angel Wood

Overview of this book

Microsoft’s latest addition to their product range, SharePoint Server 2019, is a new enterprise content management platform that brings on-premise collaboration features to life. It can be used as an isolated platform or in a hybrid connected configuration providing management and connectivity to Office 365. You can use the SharePoint framework to host sites, information, data, and applications in a robust CMS that centralizes collaborative content for enterprises. SharePoint 2019 enables new integrations and features that will allow you to work seamlessly with new and old Office products such as Microsoft Power Apps and other Microsoft Office applications. Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2019 will help you understand the challenges, planning, migration steps, installation concepts, and configuration involved in providing this platform for your enterprise. The book will also show you what the platform brings to the table from an on-premise server perspective. If you’re new to SharePoint 2019, you’ll also be guided through how to get servers up and running so that you and your user community can become productive with this powerful new platform. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed in Microsoft SharePoint 2019 and have the knowledge you need to apply your skills in the real world.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Office Online Server

Office Online Server is the next version of Office Web Apps. Office Web Apps was used in older versions of SharePoint so that users could view Microsoft Office application content, including Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel documents within their browser. Office Online Server is an on-premises product and is compatible with SharePoint 2019.

There have been some updates to the product and one important one to me is the ability to protect the installation of Office Online Server. There is a feature where you can restrict which servers can join the Office Online Server farm, such as SharePoint and other Microsoft products. You can base this on OU membership and prevent unauthorized servers from joining.

There have been some updates to how Office components work as well, and these are distributed across the enterprise. This product allows Exchange Server and Outlook Web App to preview Office file attachments. Excel Online is the replacement...