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 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 2.2.2.26:  The INFORMATION_RECORD message is not available in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

<2> Section 2.2.2.31:  The RESET_RUNSPACE_STATE message is not available in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

<3> Section 3.1.5.3.1: Windows implementations specify the following value:

 http://schemas.microsoft.com/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell

<4> Section 3.1.5.3.1: A typical Windows implementation will specify the following values:

 Proto -> http or https
 Port -> 5985 (when Proto is http) or 5986 (when proto is https)
 ApplicationName -> WSMan

<5> Section 3.1.5.3.1: A typical Windows implementation will specify a value of 240000.

<6> Section 3.1.5.3.3: Windows implementations specify the following value: "http://schemas.microsoft.com/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell"

<7> Section 3.1.5.3.14: Windows implementations specify the following value:

"http://schemas.microsoft.com//Microsoft."

<8> Section 3.1.5.3.14: A typical Windows implementation supplies the ApplicationName "WSMan", and uses port number of 5985 when the protocol is "http" or port number of 5986 when the protocol is "https".

<9> Section 3.1.5.3.14:  Windows always includes the BufferMode element in the message body. The default value is Block.

<10> Section 3.1.5.3.16: Implementations on Windows use the resource URI "http://schemas.microsoft.com/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell".

<11> Section 3.1.5.3.16: Implementations on Windows specify the value 240000.

<12> Section 3.1.5.3.18: Implementations on Windows use the resource URI "http://schemas.microsoft.com/PowerShell/Microsoft.PowerShell".

<13> Section 3.2.5.3.2: In Windows default implementations, the value of Resource URI is "http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell".