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Appendix A: Product Behavior The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include released service Note: Some of the information in this section is subject to change because it applies to a preliminary product version, and thus may differ from the version of the software when released. All behavior notes that pertain to the preliminary product version contain specific references to it as an aid to the reader. Windows NT Workstation 4.0 operating system Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system Microsoft Windows 98 operating system Windows 2000 operating system Windows Millennium Edition 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 Technical Preview operating system Exceptions, if any, are noted below. If a service pack or Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) number appears with the product version, behavior changed in that service pack or QFE. The new behavior also applies to subsequent service packs of the product 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 1.8: Windows uses only the values specified in . <2> Section 2.2.4: Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 insert a variable number of padding bytes. <3> Section 2.2.5.3.2: Windows 2000 Server operating system and Windows Server 2003 will add 16 bytes of padding after structures in all namelist referral responses. Windows Server 2008 and
Index A Abstract data model 24 51 root target server 45 44 44 44 13 C 13 75 Client 24 24 higher-layer triggered events 39 25 41 41 40 25 44 message processing 41 41 41 40 24 41 requirements ( 12, 12) sequencing rules 41 41 41 40 44 25 D Data model - abstract 24 51 root target server 45 44 44 44 58 24 44 19 20 21 21 22 22 Domain controller (DC) 51 51 51 56 message processing 52 51 55 54 50 requirements ( 12, 12) sequencing rules 52 51 55 54 56 51 58 57 60 59 61 E Events 44 50 44 50 Examples 58 57 60 59 61 64 64 F 13 G 6 H Higher-layer triggered events client 39 25 51 root target server 45 45 15 I
41 41 40 I/O operation to target failure 41 40 41 65 65 10 Initialization 25 51 45 45 Interfaces - client 24 Interfaces - server 44 6 L Local events 44 56 50 50 M Message processing client 41 41 41 40 DC 52 51 55 54 root target server 46 46 46 46 46 Messages syntax 14 14 19 14 Methods 41 41 40 46 46 46 41 46 46 N 9 O 10 P 65 Path name components 15 15 15 Preconditions client ( 12, 12) DC ( 12, 12) root target server ( 12, 12) Prerequisites client ( 12, 12) DC ( 12, 12) root target server ( 12, 12) 66 Protocol Details 24 R 46 46 46 41 46 46 9 10 9 19 Referral request 45 receiving DC referral request ( 46, 52) 46 domain referral request ( 46, 51) root or link referral request ( 46, 55) 46 39 Referral response algorithm for sorting target sites 45 44 receiving 42 44 41 41 42 43 11 16 16 17 18