What got Removed in SharePoint 2013

A list of what got Removed in SharePoint 2013 -

Web Analytics - The SharePoint 2010 Web Analytics system is being removed and will no longer be available or upgraded. This service was not available for Office 365, and so this change affects only the on-premises SharePoint 2013 Preview product.
Benefits -
Replaced by a new analytics system that is a subcomponent of the search system. Every click in SharePoint is still logged and still provides a hit count for every document in SharePoint, but user data is made anonymous early in the process and is made scalable to the service.

The data is used as follows:

• Drive new item-to-item recommendation features.
  
• Show view count embedded in various SharePoint and Search UIs.
  
• Provide a report of the top items in a site and list.
  
• Influence the relevancy algorithm of search.

Editing workbooks in a browser that has external data connections -

Workbooks that have external data connections that require Windows Authentication cannot be edited in the browser. Users who attempt to open them are prompted to open the workbooks in the client. Workbooks that have database credentials stored in the Secure Store or in the connection string can still be edited.
Benefits -
Users can get better scale-out and management by using Office Web Apps Server Preview instead of Excel Services.

PowerPoint Broadcast hosted on SharePoint 2013 Preview -
In Office 2010, the PowerPoint Broadcast feature can be configured to use a SharePoint 2013 Preview site to host broadcasts, in addition to a free public service hosted on Windows Live. In Office 2013 Preview, the SharePoint 2013 Preview capabilities are removed.After a user upgrades to SharePoint 2013 Preview, PowerPoint client users will no longer be able to select a SharePoint 2013 Preview site as a host for broadcasts.
Benefits -
Lync offers a fuller experience, for example, integrated audio, chat, telecommunications integration. Broadcast provides only a small portion of what is required in a remote collaboration scenario. In Office 2013 Preview, the broadcast technology is integrated into the Lync client so that the overall quality of document rendering is the same as in previous broadcasts, and also includes the Lync features.

Modify search topology by using the Search Service Application User Interface -

UI for changing search topology is no longer supported. Search topology can be changed only by using Windows PowerShell.

 

SharePoint Designer - Removing Design and Split Views of Page editing -  Earlier versions of SharePoint Designer had both code and design view for editing ASPX/HTML pages in SharePoint Server. In SharePoint Designer 2013 Preview, the design view is removed.

Benefits - The design view technology is not as up-to-date as the current Internet Explorer. In addition, code view is much more widely used than design view. Design view cannot support the new tags in HTML5 and new cascading style sheets that are used in SharePoint 2013 Preview.

 

Site Templates - Document Workspace -  Removing the ability to create new Document Workspace sites.

Benefits - Reduces any confusion about which site template to use to create a new site.

 

Site Templates - Personalization -  Removing the ability to create new Personalization sites.

Benefits - Reduces any confusion about which site template to use to create a new site.