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 Search Server 2010

  • Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010

  • The 2007 Microsoft Office system

  • Microsoft Office 2010 suites

  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

  • Windows SharePoint Services 2.0

  • Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  • Microsoft Office 2013

  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013

  • Microsoft Office 2016

  • 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 2.1:  In Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, the correct suffix is "/_vti_bin/spsearch.asmx". In SharePoint Foundation 2010, the correct suffix is "/_vti_bin/psearch.asmx".

<2> Section 2.2.3.1:  This element is ignored by Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint Foundation 2010, The 2007 Office system, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Search Server 2010, FAST Search Server 2010, and Office 2010.

<3> Section 2.2.3.1:  This element is ignored by Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint Foundation 2010, The 2007 Office system, Office SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2010, Search Server 2010, FAST Search Server 2010, and Office 2010.

<4> Section 2.2.3.1:  This doesn't apply to FAST Search Server 2010.

<5> Section 2.2.3.1:  For FAST Search Server 2010 the protocol server returns the status code "ERROR_SERVER"

<6> Section 2.2.3.1:  This element is only supported in SharePoint Server 2010, Search Server 2010, and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<7> Section 2.2.3.1:  This element is only supported in SharePoint Server 2010 and Search Server 2010.

<8> Section 2.2.3.1:  This element is only supported in SharePoint Server 2010 and Search Server 2010.

<9> Section 2.2.3.1:  This element is ignored by Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<10> Section 2.2.3.1:  The "FASTSearch" result provider is only supported by FAST Search Server 2010.

<11> Section 2.2.5.1:  This value is only supported in FAST Search Server 2010.

<12> Section 2.2.5.3:  This value is not supported in Office 2013 and SharePoint Foundation 2013.

<13> Section 2.2.5.3:  This value is only supported in FAST Search Server 2010.

<14> Section 2.2.10:  This version of SharePoint Search Keyword Syntax applies to Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

<15> Section 2.2.11:  This version of SharePoint Search Keyword Syntax applies to SharePoint Server 2010, Search Server 2010, FAST Search Server 2010, and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<16> Section 2.2.11.9:  In Search Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010, if the ANY restriction is used together with the ALL restriction, unqualified tokens, tokens qualified with +, or a combination thereof, it matches an item if it contains zero or more of the tokens supplied between the parentheses. In other words, it matches all items, and the supplied tokens are used only to supplement search relevance.

<17> Section 2.2.12:  This version of SharePoint Search SQL Syntax applies to Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

<18> Section 2.2.12.2:  The 2007 Office system, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 don’t have a limit on the length of a query. They are only limited by the resources of the hardware on which they are running.

<19> Section 2.2.13:  This version of SharePoint Search SQL Syntax applies to SharePoint Server 2010, Search Server 2010, and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<20> Section 2.2.13.2: The 2007 Office system, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 don’t have a limit on the length of a query in SQL syntax. They are only limited by the resources of the hardware on which they are running.

<21> Section 3.1.1.1:  In Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, the token can also be enclosed in <c1> through <c9> tags.

<22> Section 3.1.1.1:  In Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, the token can also be enclosed in <c1> through <c9> tags.

<23> Section 3.1.1.1:  In Office 2013 this property is of type Double and is not bounded. The higher value means the higher relevance.

<24> Section 3.1.1.1:  This property doesn't exist in FAST Search Server 2010, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<25> Section 3.1.4:  This operation does not exist in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<26> Section 3.1.4:  This operation is only available in Search Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010.

<27> Section 3.1.4:  This operation does not exist in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<28> Section 3.1.4:  This operation does not exist in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<29> Section 3.1.4:  This operation does not exist in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

<30> Section 3.1.4.3.2.2:  For FAST Search Server 2010 the DataSet also contains the FASTSearchProperties Table.

<31> Section 3.1.4.3.2.2.2:  This is only supported for FAST Search Server 2010.

<32> Section 3.1.4.4.2.1:  If the property of the crawled item is multivalue property, then SharePoint Server 2010, Search Server 2010, and SharePoint Foundation 2010 set this element to "Object".