SharePoint 2013 New Feature Reference

This can be used as a quick reference for custom meetings or just yours to have on hand.

Requirements:

• Minimum OS: Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Minimum SQL: 2008 R2 SP1
• Supports SQL and Server 2012
• CPU: 4 Cores
• RAM: 12GB (3-tier farm deployment)

General Info:

• DB Attach only upgrade method
• BDC, MMS, UPA, Secure Store, Search support DB attach upgrade
• Site collection level upgrade supported. DB is upgraded but site collection stay 2010 until testing is complete. Not just visual upgrade
• Web analytics now integrated with search. No longer its own SA
• Office Web Apps now its own separate scalable server farm product that SP consumes
• New Service Apps:
  • App MGMT Service
    • Manage SP app licensing and permissions
  • Work MGMT Service
    • Aggregate and synchronize tasks between multiple environments, such as Project Server, Exchange and SharePoint.
  • Translation Service:
    • On the fly translation from 1 language to another
• Supports PowerShell 3.0 and .Net 4.x Framework
• Claims based authentication is the default (classic mode can still be implemented via PowerShell)
• FAST Search is now baked in.
• User Profile Service has a new 1 way AD import mode. Full 2 way FIM UPS stays the same and is still available

SQL:

• SQL has always on HA/DR and improved I/O with SP 2013
• 7 DB have been deprecated in SP 2013
  • 4 Project related DBs
  • Search Property
  • 2 Web Analytics DBs
• 5 New databases
  • Project Service
  • Search Service Application Links Store Database Library
  • Search Service Application Analytics Reporting Store Database
  • App Management Service Database
  • Translation Service Database