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Use Unicode characters like Chinese / Arabic in file names
I'm working on a SharePoint 2010 DMS implementation, upgraded to SP2016 soon. There is a requirement to accept files with non-English characters, like Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, etc. I thought this wou...
As far as I know SharePoint supports unicode characters throughout the product. I don't know the official supportability story and I wasn't able to find comprehensive official documentation on unicode support. However, I've tested adding a file with Chinese characters in its name to Document Libraries in both SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2010 (without language packs installed). Uploading the file succeeded in both cases and the file name is rendered properly.