SharePoint 2016 Feature Comparison for IT Professional
In this article, let's list a feature comparison between SharePoint 2013 vs. SharePoint 2016 including the Standard and Enterprise Features. Please see below table for comparisons across SharePoint versions. This comparison is only for IT Professionals.
IT Professional features
SharePoint Foundation 2013
SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL
SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL
SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL
SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Active Directory Synchronization
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Alternate Access Mapping (AAM)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes2
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Claims-Based Authentication Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Deferred Site Collection upgrade
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Improved Permissions Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Improved Self-Service Site Creation
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Site Collection Compliance Policies
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Streamlined Central Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unattached Content Database Recovery
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Upgrade evaluation site collections
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reference:
This is based on SharePoint 2016 RTM release as per TechNet SharePoint feature availability across on-premises solutions.
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