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Copper Contributor

Aug 19, 2020

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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 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-does-versioning-work-in-a-sharepoin...

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PeterRising
Aug 19, 2020
MSNewbie

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.

PeterRising

MVP

Aug 19, 2020

MSNewbie

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.