The new SharePoint Online introduces a set of new features that by default natively store data and actions in Azure. At this current time, Azure does not meet the same Service Level Agreement (SLA) as is quoted for Office 365. We are working to align the SLA levels by the end of 2013. In the period of time before these SLAs are equated, we offer the below listed features “in preview” so you can utilize them – test them, but understand the short-term limits for how they are supported:
- Access 2013 built applications published to SharePoint Online
- Auto-hosted applications acquired from the Office and SharePoint Store marketplace
- SharePoint Online “2013 Workflow”
- The service still supports the “2010 workflow” model which has no Azure dependency
- SharePoint BI features used within PowerPivot and PowerView workbook
- Rights Management Service Online (a shared Exchange Online service)
You will find the on/off switch within the new SharePoint Online admin center (pictured below – you may not yet see this until your company’s SharePoint Online environment has been upgraded – more here on the Office 365 Service Upgrade Center). Turning off this setting will disable ‘preview features’ making them inaccessible to your users.
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Note: the Office 365 Government Community Cloud offering ensures United States (US) Government customers’ data is stored separately from other Office 365 multitenant tenants’ data (Small Business, Midmarket and Enterprise). The primary difference is that the above listed features will not be available in Office 365 Government offering; there is not an on/off toggle for these features - the features simply won’t be available until the mandatory requirements are met.
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