SharePoint Server Borrowed By Microsoft For Cloud-Based Intranets

Recently, the company has ported two SharePoint Server 2013 features to its cloud-based counterpart to offer a better and improved search-driven navigation experience to its users. An update issued by Microsoft, which brings search-based navigation abilities from the on-premises version of SharePoint to Intranets based on SharePoint Online.

On 22 August, the company announced, “Now we've enabled two features that previously were available only in SharePoint Server 2013—the Taxonomy Refinement Panel Web Part (TRPWP) and faceted navigation”.

When it comes to features, they are following March release of group cache functionality for the service’s Content Search Web Past (CSWP) that speeds up page’s loading times.

There are lots of users, who are browsing a SharePoint website rather than displaying static content stated, so CSWP have generated query-based pages. Mark Kashman, a senior product manager for Microsoft SharePoint, explained that one can easily both the number of items, which are shown in the CSWP by configuring the query.

Moreover, Microsoft has expanded SharePoint online’s abilities by borrowing two major features from SharePoint Server 2013.

The new TRPWP is like SharePoint’s Refinement Web Part (RWP) and they both filter content on a given page. Microsoft’s SharePoint team informed, “But the TRPWP differs from the RWP in two ways: the filters it uses are the categories from the site's navigation, and it can display category-specific editorial content”.

Recently, the company also explained in a mockup that how SharePoint website managers at Contoso can develop websites, which display advisors or other editorial content on the category pages. It also shows navigational aids, which will be helpful for users zero in on the information.

While another best feature that known as faceted navigation enables users to use category-specific filters to narrow down the content. A feature, which would be quite familiar to Web shoppers, updates a page’s content when they check off selected filters.

The company also said, "Even though different filters are shown for different categories, content managers do not have to create and maintain one unique page for each category”.

However, the TRPWP and its faceted navigation are obtainable for below mentioned plans:

• Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E4
  
  
• Education A3 and A4
  
  
• Government G3 and G4
  
  
• Office 365 E3 for non-profit
  
  

Both are working only in private website collection scenarios. So, if you have decided to opt for SharePoint development, you should hire SharePoint Developer from any professional SharePoint Consultant India company that delivers outstanding quality service.

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