6 Appendix A: Product Behavior

The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include released service packs:

• Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating system

• Windows® XP operating system

• Windows Server® 2003 operating system

• Windows Vista® operating system

• Windows Server® 2008 operating system

• Windows® 7 operating system

• Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system

• Windows® 8 operating system

• Windows Server® 2012 operating system

Exceptions, if any, are noted below. If a service pack or Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) number appears with the product version, behavior changed in that service pack or QFE. The new behavior also applies to subsequent service packs of the product 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 1.3.1: The following domain controller (DC)/server versions of Windows support the storing of settings that this protocol generates:

• Windows 2000 Server with an LDAP schema update

• Windows Server 2003 with an LDAP schema update

• Windows Server 2003 R2

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows Server 2012

<2> Section 1.3.2.1: The following versions of Windows support the Group Policy: Deployed Printer Connections Extension in the administrative scenario:

• Windows Server 2003 R2

• Windows Vista

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows 7

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows 8

• Windows Server 2012

In addition, the administrative scenario is supported when the Administration Tools Pack for Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows Server 2012 is installed on one of the following platforms:

• Windows XP SP2

• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

• Windows Server 2003

<3> Section 1.3.2.2: The following versions of Windows support the Group Policy: Deployed Printer Connections Extension in the client scenario:

• Windows Server 2003 R2

• Windows Vista

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows 7

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows 8

• Windows Server 2012

In addition, the client scenario is supported when the application pushprinterconnections.exe[SYSPRINT], from one of the preceding versions of Windows, is set up to run as part of a logon script to deploy printers on one of the following platforms:

• Windows 2000

• Windows XP

• Windows Server 2003

<4> Section 1.7: The following Windows versions contain the Deployed Printer Connections client-side plug-in:

• Windows Vista

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows 7

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows 8

• Windows Server 2012

The following Windows versions contain the Deployed Printer Connections administrative tool plug-in:

• Windows Server 2003 R2

• Windows Vista

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows 7

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows 8

• Windows Server 2012

<5> Section 3.2.5: Windows uses the ImpersonateLoggedOnUser() function [MSDN-ImpersLogdOnUser] to achieve this impersonation.