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SoFtware limitationS
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Object Maximum value Type of object limit Details
Major
Versions
400,000 List and library limit Passing this limit can have surprising
performance effects, causing issues
with file open, save, delete, and view
history.
Items 30,000,000 per list List and library limit You can create very large lists using
standard views that filter by meta-
data and by using folders. This value
can also vary depending on number of
columns and how the list is used.
Number of
SharePoint
Groups a User
Can Belong To
5,000 Security limit This is consistent with Active
Directory guidelines. Can be affected
by size of tokens, the number of
groups SharePoint is caching, and
how long it takes to do security
checks.
Users in a Site
Collection
2 million per site
collection
Security limit You can add millions of people to
a website using security groups
(instead of individual users). The
limit particularly affects the manage-
ability and ease of navigation in the
user interface.
Active
Directory
principals/
Users in a
SharePoint
Group
5,000 per
SharePoint group
Security limit Activities affected by this limit (or
exceeding it) are fetching users to
validate permissions and rendering
the membership of a view.
SharePoint
Groups
10,000 per site
collection
Security limit When greater than 10,000, the time it
takes to execute operations increases
significantly
Security
Principal:
Size of the
Security
Scope
5,000 per ACL Security limit The number of security prinicipals
per access control list for an object.
The size of the scope affects the data
used for security check calculations.
There is no hard limit, but the bigger
the scope, the longer the calculation
takes.
Table 1.3: Software limitations for SharePoint Foundation 2010 (continued)
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