8 Appendix C: Product Behavior

The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

The terms "earlier" and "later", when used with a product version, refer to either all preceding versions or all subsequent versions, respectively. The term "through" refers to the inclusive range of versions. Applicable Microsoft products are listed chronologically in this section.

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows Server 2016 operating system

  • Windows Server operating system

  • Windows Server 2019 operating system

  • Windows Server 2022 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 1.6: The following products are applicable to the WS-Transfer and WS-Enumeration Protocol Extension for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3 Controls:

  • Active Directory Management Gateway Service contains the server implementation of the WS-Transfer and WS-Enumeration Protocol Extension for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3 Controls.

  • Remote Server Administration Tools (excluding Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista operating system) contains the client implementation. For more information about Remote Server Administration Tools, see [MSFT-RSAT].

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and later have both the server and the client implementations.

Active Directory Management Gateway Service is available for Windows Server 2003 operating system with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system with Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows Server 2008 operating system.

<2> Section 2.2.3.1: All controls listed in [MS-ADTS] are supported by Microsoft implementations of WS-Transfer and WS-Enumeration Protocol Extension for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3 Controls. However, Active Directory Web Services clients make use of following LDAP v3 request controls:

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.417 (LDAP_SERVER_SHOW_DELETED_OID)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2065 (LDAP_SERVER_SHOW_DEACTIVATED_LINK)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.521 (LDAP_SERVER_CROSSDOM_MOVE_TARGET_OID)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.801 (LDAP_SERVER_SD_FLAGS_OID)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.805 (LDAP_SERVER_TREE_DELETE_OID)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1413 (LDAP_SERVER_PERMISSIVE_MODIFY_OID)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1504 (LDAP_SERVER_ASQ_OID)

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.2026 (LDAP_SERVER_INPUT_DN_OID)

and the following LDAP v3 response controls:

  • 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1504 (LDAP_SERVER_ASQ_OID)

The previous list can change in the future versions.

<3> Section 3.1.3: Microsoft implementations of WS-Transfer and WS-Enumeration Protocol Extension for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3 Controls use SOAP 1.2 [SOAP1.2-1/2003]. The transports used, as well as the authentication mechanisms supported and the endpoints exposed, are specified in section 2.1 of [MS-ADDM].