Information about the characters that you cannot use in SharePoint

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Information about the characters that you cannot use in SharePoint



INTRODUCTION

This article lists the characters that you cannot use in Microsoft SharePoint.

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Site names, subsite names, or site group names

• You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a site name, in a subsite name, or in a site or Active Directory group name:
• tilde (~)
• number sign (#)
• percent (%)
• ampersand (&)
• asterisk (*)
• braces ({ })
• backslash (\)
• colon (:)
• angle brackets (< >)
• question mark (?)
• slash (/)
• plus sign (+)
• pipe (|)
• quotation mark (")
• You cannot start a site name, subsite name, or a site group name with an underscore (_) character or with the period character.
• You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name.
• You cannot use the period character at the end of a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name.

 

Folder names

• You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a folder name or a server name:
• tilde
• number sign
• percent
• ampersand
• asterisk
• braces
• backslash
• colon
• angle brackets
• question mark
• slash
• pipe
• quotation mark
• You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a folder name.
• You cannot use the period character at the end of a folder name.
• You cannot start a folder name with the period character.
















File names

• You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a file name:
• tilde
• number sign
• percent
• ampersand
• asterisk
• braces
• backslash
• colon
• angle brackets
• question mark
• slash
• pipe
• quotation mark
• You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a file name.
• You cannot use the period character at the end of a file name.
• You cannot start a file name with the period character.




























 

 

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Article ID: 35, , Modified: November 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM

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