6 Appendix A: 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.

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

  • Microsoft Outlook 2010

  • Microsoft Outlook 2013

  • Microsoft Outlook 2016

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows Communication Apps

  • Windows 10 operating system

§ Microsoft Exchange Server 2019

§ Microsoft Outlook 2019

  • Microsoft Outlook 2021

  • Windows 11 operating system

  • Microsoft Outlook 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: Microsoft Windows automatically pre-configures domain-joined computers with an Active Directory server. Office Outlook 2007 uses this LDAP server as the well-known LDAP server. Office Outlook 2007 uses the value of the configurationNamingContext attribute, as described in in [MS-ADTS], of the preconfigured Active Directory server as the well-known DN for service connection point objects.

<2> Section 3.1.5:  Windows Communication Apps do not query for service connection point objects and do not search DNS for Autodiscover SRV records.