SharePoint, Office Online Server and Cross farm services support

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First published on MSDN on May 22, 2017
I recently was asked a few questions I couldn't find answers to. I'm sharing answers here to help people avoid the process I needed to go through to find the answers.

1. Can I use Office Online Server 2016 with SharePoint 2010?
   
   
   1. T his article gets close to answering the question , but doesn't include SharePoint 2010. Unfortunately, the answer is no, you cannot connect OOS and SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010 does not support WOPI .
   
   
   

1. Can I consume SharePoint 2013 service applications from SharePoint 2016?
   
   
   1. Again, the answer is no. When consuming services we support consuming from N-1. Examples...
      
      
      1. SharePoint 2016 services CAN be consumed by SharePoint 2013 (N-1)
      
      
      1. SharePoint 2013 services CAN be consumed by SharePoint 2010 (N-1)
      
      
      1. SharePoint 2016 services CAN NOT be consumed by SharePoint 2010 (N-2)
      
      
      1. SharePoint 2013 services CAN NOT be consumed by SharePoint 2016 (N + 1)