Introduction
In this blog, I will compare the limits of SharePoint 2016 Web Application with other SharePoint versions.
Boundaries, Thresholds, and Supported limits
Before we get started, you should first know what are the types of Limit.
- Boundaries: Static limits that cannot be exceeded by design.
- Thresholds: Configurable limits that can be exceeded to accommodate specific requirements.
- Supported limits: Configurable limits that have been set by default to a tested value.
Web Application Limits for SharePoint
The below table lists the recommended guidelines for Web Application in SharePoint 2016,2013,2010,2007.
Limits/Version | Limit Type | SharePoint 07 | SharePoint 10 | SharePoint 13 | SharePoint 2016 |
Web Application per farm | Supported | 99 per Shared Service Provider | 20 per farm | 20 per farm | 20 per farm |
Content Database | Supported | 100 per web app | 300 per web app | 500 per farm | 500 per farm |
Site Collection per Web App | Supported | x | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Zone per Web App | Boundary | 5 per farm | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Managed Path for host-named site collections | Supported | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Solution cache for path-based site collections | Threshold | x | 300 MB | 300 MB | 300 MB |
Note - X indicates that this information is not mentioned in TechNet.
Conclusion
Here, we've compared the SharePoint 2016 Web Application limits with SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007.
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