SharePoint 2016 Feature Comparison for Sites Feature

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1/17/2024

In this article, let's list feature comparisons between SharePoint 2013 vs. SharePoint 2016 including the Standard and Enterprise Features. Please see below table for comparison across SharePoint versions. Below table will compare the Sites Features Only.

Sites features

SharePoint Foundation 2013

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL

Change the look

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Connections to Microsoft Office Clients

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cross Browser Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom Managed Paths

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large List Scalability and Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mobile Connectivity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-Lingual User Interface

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project functionality for team sites

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project site template

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project Summary web part

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Project workspace

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Lists

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Ribbon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Drag & Drop

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Notebook

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Simplified Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Usage Analytics

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Work Management Service

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reference:

This is based on SharePoint 2016 RTM release as per TechNet SharePoint feature availability across on-premises solutions

See Also:

You can download the Excel file from the TechNet Gallery.