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john john
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Jan 31, 2019

what will happen if we leave the "Keep drafts for the following number of major versions:" unchecked

I have a document library inside our sharepoint online classic team site, which have minor/major versions enabled and the limit for the number of major version = 100. while the "Keep drafts for the following number of major versions:" is being unchecked, as follow:-

 

Currently in our case we can have minor versions and publish them as major versions. where i think that the maximum number of major versions we can have will be 100. but i am not sure what will be the effect of leaving the "Keep drafts for the following number of major versions:" unchecked ?? As when we enable/check the "Create major and minor (draft) versions" checkbox, the "Keep drafts for the following number of major versions:" checkbox will be enabled, but we can save the settings while leaving it unchecked (as shown in the above screenshot)...

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  • One is for checked in versions. The other is for check out versions as in each edit / save while not being checked in. The only versioning that will happen is when you check a document in. Now while editing / saving drafts.
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      john john
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      ChrisWebbTech wrote:
      One is for checked in versions. The other is for check out versions as in each edit / save while not being checked in. The only versioning that will happen is when you check a document in. Now while editing / saving drafts.

      ChrisWebbTech 

      Thanks for the reply. now i do not think those settings are only used for check-in/check-out, as in our case we do not use check-in/check-out but the documents will have major and minor versions...

      also my main question is :- what will happen if we leave the "Keep drafts for the following number of major versions:" unchecked ??

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