SharePoint 2016 List and Library Limits

In this post, I’m trying to compare SharePoint 2016 List and Library limits with SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007.

It’s also recommended to read SharePoint 2019 Limitations.

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SharePoint 2016 List and Library Limits compared to SharePoint 2013

The below table lists the recommended guidelines for List and Library in SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010, and SharePoint 2007.

limits	SharePoint 2007	SharePoint 2010	SharePoint 2013	SharePoint 2016
List Row Size	x	8,000 bytes per row	8,000 bytes per row	8,000 bytes per row
File Size	50MB (2GB max*)	2 GB	2 GB	10 GB
Documents	5 million per library	30,000,000 per library	30,000,000 per library	30,000,000 per library
Major Version	x	400,000	400,000	400,000
Minor Version	x		511	511
Items	x	30,000,000 per list	30,000,000 per list	30,000,000 per list
Bulk Operation	x	100 items per bulk operation	100 items per bulk operation	100 items per bulk operation
List view lookup threshold	x	8 join operations per query	12 join operations per query	12 join operations per query
List view threshold	2,000	5,000	5,000	greater than 5,000
List view threshold for auditors and administrator	x	20,000	20,000	20,000
Subsite	x	2,000 per site view	2,000 per site view	2,000 per site view
Calculated Columns	x	48 per list	48 per list	48 per list
GUID Columns	x	6 per list	6 per list	6 per list
Coauthoring in Word and PowerPoint	x	10 concurrent editors per document	10 concurrent editors per document	10 concurrent editors per document
Security scope	x	50,000 per list	50,000 per list	50,000 per list
Workflow associations		x	100 per list	100 per list
Maximum list size for workflow lookups to non-indexed fields	x	x	5,000 items per list view	5,000 items per list view
Maximum list size for auto-start workflow associations	x	x	10 million items per list	10 million items per list
SharePoint Workspace synchronization	x	30,000 items per list	x	x

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Applies To

• SharePoint 2016.
• SharePoint 2013.
• SharePoint 2010.
• SharePoint 2007.

Download

Download PowerShell Script: SharePoint Farm Scan Report to get statistics and monitor the limits in your SharePoint farm.

References

• Software boundaries and limits for SharePoint Servers 2016.

You might also like to read

• SharePoint 2019 Limitations.
• SharePoint 2016 Content Database Limits.
• Site Collection limits SharePoint 2016.
• SharePoint 2016 Web Application Limits.
• SharePoint 2016 Application Pool Limits.
• SharePoint Boundaries Vs Thresholds Vs Limits.