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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.

  • The 2007 Microsoft Office system

  • Microsoft Office 2010 suites

  • Microsoft Office 2013

  • Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

  • 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 LTSC 2024

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 2.2.4.2:  The login name is in the format: Domain\UserName for Microsoft Windows accounts. It is in the format Provider:UserName for a SharePoint membership account, where Provider is the name of the membership provider.

<2> Section 3.1.4.1:  When using Windows authentication, if the user does not have permission to browse for principals (1) then this operation MUST return an HTTP status code of 401.

<3> Section 3.1.4.1.2.1:  SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2013 do not add the principal to the site collection if it is of the type Distribution List.

<4> Section 3.1.4.2:  If the user does not have permission to browse for principals (1) this operation MUST return an HTTP status code of 401 if using Windows authentication.