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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 2003

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2019

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

  • Microsoft Outlook 2010

  • Microsoft Outlook 2013

  • Microsoft Outlook 2016

  • Microsoft Outlook 2019

  • Microsoft Outlook 2021

  • 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 2.2: Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016, and Outlook 2019 query for the o attribute, but do not use the value received from the server.

<2> Section 2.2: Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016, and Outlook 2019 query for the user-cert attribute, but do not use the value received from the server.

<3> Section 2.2.1.1: Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010 consider a display-name attribute to be not user-readable if it is exactly the same as one of the E-Mail Address attributes. Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010 construct the display-name attribute in the following manner.

 displayName ::= <common name> / <givenname> " "<surname> / <surname> / <company name> / <email address> ; 
 NOTE: Priority is given to non-empty combinations listed first.
  
 common name ::= ; Common Name LDAP attribute
 givenname ::= ; First Name LDAP attribute
 surname::= ; Last name LDAP attribute
 company name ::= ; Organization Name LDAP attribute
 email address ::= ; E-Mail Address LDAP attribute

<4> Section 2.2.3.2: Office Outlook 2003, Office Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010 add a proxy address based on the value of the legacyExchangeDN attribute to the proxyAddresses and otherMailbox attributes if it is not present in those attributes on the server.

<5> Section 3.1.5.1.1:  If the user-provided string is an empty string, Office Outlook 2003 queries the server for the defaultNamingContext attribute and uses the returned value for the search base.

<6> Section 3.1.5.1.2: Office Outlook 2003 does not implement basic search.

<7> Section 3.1.5.1.3: Office Outlook 2003 does not support E-Mail (LDAP attribute mail) in advanced searches.