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Article ID: 977947 - Last Review: December 7, 2009 - Revision: 1.1

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 does not support the same namespace across multiple farms

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Introduction

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 does not support a scenario in which the same namespace is used across multiple farms. For example, assume that you use the same namespace on more than one farm, and each farm hosts a different URL underneath that namespace, such as "/sites/siteX" on Farm A and "/sites/siteY" on Farm B.

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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 does not support the same namespace across multiple farm for the following reasons:

For everything to work correctly, SharePoint Technologies requires a root site collection in the same Web application. SharePoint and supporting client applications may use JavaScript files or supporting files from the root site collection to enable caching and better performance.
If a service is needed by a farm, local service calls may fail. For example, if a service requires data from another site that is not local to the farm, the operation may fail.
If you use the same namespace across multiple farms, performance is decreased. If the JavaScript files or the supporting files are in different versions, errors and data loss may occur. Even a single hotfix difference may cause major failures in rendering cascading style sheet (.css) files, JavaScript (.js) files, or other supporting files.

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