7 Appendix B: Product Behavior

The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Microsoft Office 2003

  • The 2007 Microsoft Office system

  • Microsoft Office 2010 suites

  • Microsoft Office 2013

  • Windows SharePoint Services 2.0

  • Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013

  • Windows 8.1 Update

  • Microsoft Office 2016

  • Windows 10 operating system

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016

  • Microsoft Office 2019

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019

  • Microsoft Office 2021

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

  • Microsoft Office 2024 Preview

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 2.2.3.4:  The Document Workspace limit for lists in Windows SharePoint Services is 99.

<2> Section 2.2.4.1:  The Document Workspace limit for a members list in Windows SharePoint Services is 99.

<3> Section 2.2.5.2:  This role is available only in SharePoint Foundation 2013.

<4> Section 3.1.4.1:  The maximum length for the root site (2) URL in Windows SharePoint Services is 441 in this case.

<5> Section 3.1.4.2.2.2:  When a site with the specified name already exists on this site, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2013 will return error ServerFailure instead of AlreadyExists.

<6> Section 3.1.4.3.2.1:  For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010, if url contains multiple folders and the first folder in the url doesn't exist in the site, the server will ignore the first folder in the url and replace it with "Shared Documents".

<7> Section 3.1.4.4:  For SharePoint Foundation 2010, the text is "404 NOT FOUND". For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, the text is empty.

<8> Section 3.1.4.8.2.2:  Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2019 will never return the "NoAccess" error code; instead, these product versions will return HTTP status code 401 with a response body containing the text "401 Unauthorized".

<9> Section 3.1.4.8.2.2:  SharePoint Foundation 2013 does not return this Schema element.

<10> Section 3.1.4.8.2.3:  Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2013 will never return "NoAccess" error code and will return HTTP status code 401 with response body which contains text "401 Unauthorized".

<11> Section 3.1.4.11: Microsoft Office Word 2007 uses UpdateDwsData.