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7 Appendix B: Product Behavior

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

Windows Releases

  • Windows 7 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Windows 8 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows 10 operating system

  • Windows Server 2016 operating system

  • Windows Server operating system

  • Windows Server 2019 operating system

  • Windows Server 2022 operating system

  • Windows 11 operating system

  • Windows Server 2025 operating system

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 3.1.4.1.3.15: Applicable Windows Server releases will construct this object based on the types stored in the <msPKI-RA-Application-Policies> attribute as specified in [MS-CRTD] section 2.23.

  • If <msPKI-RA-Application-Policies> has the msPKI-Symmetric-Algorithm type, then the value of the <symmetricAlgorithmOIDReference> element is converted to an OID and the reference to this OID is copied from <msPKI-RA-Application-Policies>.

  • If the <msPKI-RA-Application-Policies> has the msPKI-Symmetric-Key-Length type, then the value of the <symmetricAlgorithmKeyLength> element is copied from <msPKI-RA-Application-Policies>.

<2> Section 3.1.4.1.3.22: This attribute is not supported by Windows Server 2008 R2.

<3> Section 3.1.4.1.3.22: This attribute is not supported by Windows Server 2008 R2.

<4> Section 3.1.4.1.3.23: Applicable Windows Server releases provide a <nextUpdateHours> value of 8 by default. The value can be configured by an administrator.