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.

 

  • 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

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows 10 operating system

  • Windows Server 2016 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 1.3: The OUI Type that Microsoft has defined for this protocol is 6.

<2> Section 1.3: Microsoft does not define any data for Windows nor uses any of the capabilities of this protocol for its own purposes.

<3> Section 1.3: Windows does not use this protocol for service discovery.

<4> Section 2.1: Windows limits the number of discovery information elements to 5.

<5> Section 3.1: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 only support operation in ad hoc network mode.

<6> Section 3.2: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 only support operation in ad hoc network mode.