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SharePoint Versioning - Timing
Hi All,
I did some research on how versioning works during co-authoring and found the following from this link
When versioning is enabled, versions are created in the following situations:
During co-authoring of a document, when a different user begins working on the document or when a user clicks save to upload changes to the library.
However, I found that's not necessary the case from our testing which the results show that only one version was created while two users were co-authoring on the same document on a browser (which autosaves the document). I was just wondering whether anyone of you have any information in regards to how often does a version get created when two or more users are co-authoring on the same document. Does it create a new version when it detects the document was last edited by an user during co-authoring or it indeed does what the official MS site claims above.
Thank you for your help in advance.
I'm not 100% sure of this, but I'm guessing that what may happen is a combination of the following two scenarios (from the link you posted);
So if the first user is in the document already, then possibly the first principle has applied in that not all edits and saves create a version. Then when the second user enters the doc a bit later, this will create the single version instance that you are seeing.
Only a theory, but I have found that versioning is not always an exact science.
I'm not 100% sure of this, but I'm guessing that what may happen is a combination of the following two scenarios (from the link you posted);
So if the first user is in the document already, then possibly the first principle has applied in that not all edits and saves create a version. Then when the second user enters the doc a bit later, this will create the single version instance that you are seeing.
Only a theory, but I have found that versioning is not always an exact science.
