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Notes: Both SharePoint in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Server, for both Library Settings and List Settings, allow up to 511 minor versions per major version. This number cannot be changed. Versioning SharePoint in Microsoft 365 requires versioning for Libraries; SharePoint Server allows you to select No Versioning as an option.
How to enable versioning for a list or library?
Open the list or library that you want to enable versioning. Select Settings , and then select List Settings or Library Settings. On the Settings page, select Versioning settings. From the Version settings page, you have the following settings available: Require content approval for submitted items.
How are version numbers added to a list?
Version numbers are automatically added each time you create a new version. In a list or library that has major versioning enabled, the versions have whole numbers, such as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and so on. In libraries, your administrator might enable versioning for both major and minor versions.
What’s the difference between a major version and a minor version?
When one of those versions is published as a major version, its number becomes 2.0. Subsequent minor versions are numbered 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and so on. When you discard a checkout, the version number does not change. If the most recent version was version 3.0, it remains at 3.0 after you discard the checkout.
Major revisions will appear as whole numbers (Version 1.0, Version 2.0, Version 3.0), while minor revisions will appear as decimals (Version 1.1, Version 1.2, Version 1.3). So what’s the difference between major and minor revisions?
How are Target variations used in SharePoint Server?
Content on a target variation site can be translated into other languages before it is published. Variations can be used only on sites that are created by using one of the Publishing site templates, or on a site for which the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature was activated.
Sharepoint will then open the file in the native Microsoft application so users can view, save, download, or tweak past versions. This makes it easy to restore prior versions and/or compare earlier versions to more recent versions of the file.