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 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

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows 10 operating system

  • Windows Server 2016 operating system

  • Windows Server 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 3.1.1.3.2: On Windows 2000, the secondary transaction manager address argument of the IDENTIFY TIP command is not set to the value of the provided partner transaction manager address.

<2> Section 3.1.3: On Windows, the default value of these flags is FALSE.

<3> Section 3.1.3: On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, the Transaction Manager Address Override field is not set.

<4> Section 3.1.3: On Windows, TCP requests are accepted on port 3372.

<5> Section 3.1.5.5: On Windows, the lowest supported and the highest supported TIP Protocol version is 3.

<6> Section 3.1.5.5: On Windows, the lowest supported and the highest supported TIP Protocol version is 3.

<7> Section 3.1.5.6: On Windows 2000, the TIP transaction manager facet does not test that the State field is set to Idle.

<8> Section 3.1.5.6: On Windows 2000, the TIP transaction manager facet checks that the value of the provided <protocol identifier> is "TMP2.0". Otherwise, on Windows, the TIP transaction manager facet does not check the value of the provided <protocol identifier>.

<9> Section 3.1.5.10: On Windows 2000, the TIP transaction manager facet signals the Invalid TIP Command event (section 3.1.7.1) and terminates the processing of this event.

<10> Section 3.1.7.1: On Windows 2000, the TIP transaction manager facet might not send the ERROR TIP command or might send an invalid message.

<11> Section 3.2.5.4: On Windows 2000, the TIP superior transaction manager facet signals the Invalid TIP Command Event (section 3.4.7.1).

<12> Section 3.2.5.7: On Windows, the TIP superior transaction manager will terminate the corresponding TIP connection on receiving a TIP PULL command from a TIP subordinate transaction manager when the following conditions are true:

  • The Allow Different Partner Address flag in the TIP superior transaction manager is set to TRUE.

  • The partner transaction manager's address is specified as "-".

  • A prior request of TIP PULL was received from a TIP subordinate transaction manager whose address is also specified as "-".

This action does not conform to the [RFC2371] specification.

<13> Section 3.3.2.1: Windows sets the value of the query timer to 2,000 seconds.