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how can I tell what version of SharePoint a site is using, without being able to see the admin panel?

Is there anything, perhaps in the source of the pages, that would give me a clue?

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  • Unless it has been heavily customised it is usually pretty obvious from the UI, but perhaps you mean a specific version number, rather than WSS/MOSS 2003/7 or Sharepoint 2010 etc?
    – dunxd
    Dec 16, 2010 at 12:41
  • @dunxd 2003/2007/2010. Could you post screenshot examples of the different versions' UI?
    – C. Ross
    Dec 16, 2010 at 12:54
  • Unfortunately not - I only have one version of SharePoint and it is customised. You could always just ask the site administrator what version they use, although I think they would be suspicious (as am I) of why you want to know. Perhaps you can expand your question - people may sit on their hands if they think you are probing sites to discover potential to make mischief :-)
    – dunxd
    Dec 16, 2010 at 12:59
  • Well, there's 25 rep in it for someone who can ...
    – C. Ross
    Dec 16, 2010 at 13:00

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For sites that haven't been customised much, you can tell a lot from the design.

Typical default 2003 site

Typical default 2003 site

Default 2007 page

Default 2007 page

2010 page

2010 page

2013 page

2013 page

The tab style is generally a give-away of the version in use. If you want to know the sub-version, you'll have to ask the site admin.

There are probably also some clues in the dress of the corporate drones in the revolting stock images ;-)

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    A picture is worth a thousand words. :D
    – Jake Berger
    Oct 7, 2011 at 17:38
  • Those pictures won't do any good if the site uses nicely-customized master pages and branding.
    – bgmCoder
    Jan 16, 2016 at 1:32
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You can check the http response headers, e.g., with Firefox's Web Developer toolbar:

Information | View response headers

MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.6332

MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 14.0.0.4762

Fiddler, used with IE, will expose these headers as well.

  • v14 maps to SP 2010 v12 maps to MOSS 2007

Extensive list here of minor versions of 2007.

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  • Under some circumstances, this header does not get updated. See more here: wictorwilen.se/… I'm currently troubleshooting a case where it is not even after the psconfig he recommends.
    – Daniel
    Dec 15, 2017 at 16:59
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You can see it in Chrome's dev tools too (similar to the Firefox answer):

In Chrome:

  • F12 (developer tools)
  • Click the "Network" tab
  • If there are no entries, refresh the page.
  • Select the main "aspx" page in the list of items.
  • Expand "Response Headers"
  • The value of "MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices" is what you're looking for.

There's also a Chrome extension which makes the process a little easier.

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I realize you don't have admin or owner rights, but I'm going to throw this out for the general audience...

If you go to the Site Settings, it will tell you the exact version right at the top of the page.

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  • I got 12.0.0.6421 - how do I know which year this relates to? Is it sharepoint 2007?
    – Allan Bowe
    May 8, 2012 at 13:21
  • This does not appear to be true in Sharepoint 2003
    – Michael Eakins
    Jan 20, 2014 at 13:51
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Just click on "Help" - it should be right there at the top!

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  • In Sharepoint 2007, the help page does indeed say it is 2007!
    – dunxd
    Oct 11, 2011 at 16:44
  • works in the Mysite but not a corporate customised main page. +1, thanks!
    – Allan Bowe
    May 8, 2012 at 13:22
  • This is the Perfect Answer for those who do not have admin rights!
    – user245914
    Sep 30, 2014 at 13:26
  • This works for SharePoint 2010 as well.
    – Splaktar
    Feb 25, 2015 at 19:10
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You can do it with a little javascript like the examples here.

If you view the page source and see something like this in the html head - with corev4 in the css link - you'll know it's at least Sharepoint 2010.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_layouts/1033/styles/Themable/corev4.css?rev=p63%2BuzTeSJc22nVGNZ5zwg%3D%3D"/>

My favourite way

If you take the domain from the url and add this to it: _vti_pvt/service.cnf it will send back a page with the version on it. So, if your site is this one: https://sp.towson.edu/default.aspx then you'd change the url to this: https://sp.towson.edu/_vti_pvt/service.cnf (You can try with both of those links). However, I tried this trick on Path to Sharepoint and I get a login box.

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  • This is a great method. It works on every server I tried, even when I wasn't logged in, as long as I went all the way down to the root.
    – Tom Resing
    Jun 2, 2016 at 17:12
  • This should be the first thing you try. If this fails then try the other slightly more involved Dev tool ways.
    – Joe Johnston
    Oct 30, 2017 at 17:43

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