SharePoint 2016: Web Application Limits compared to previous versions
Introduction
In this article, let's compare the SharePoint 2016 Web Application limits with other SharePoint versions.
Boundaries, Thresholds and Supported limits
Before we getting started, you should first know What's 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.
You may be also interested to read SharePoint 2019 Limitations compared to other versions.
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 2007 | SharePoint 2010 | SharePoint 2013 | 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 this information is not mentioned in TechNet.
Conclusion
In this article, we've compared the SharePoint 2016 Web Application limits with SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007.
Reference
See also
- SharePoint 2016: List and Library Limits compared to previous versions.
- SharePoint 2016: Site Collection Limits compared to previous versions.
- SharePoint 2016: Content Database Limits compared to previous versions.
- SharePoint 2019 Limitations.
Credits
Published by Mohamed El-Qassas at Comparing SharePoint 2016 Web Application limits with SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007.