Exchange Protocols: ActiveSync, Exchange Web Services, MAPI

Exchange Protocols: ActiveSync, Exchange Web Services, MAPI

Andrew Davidoff

Senior Software Engineer

Agenda

? Brief introduction to Exchange Server Open Specifications ? An overview of the protocol architecture for Exchange ? Important protocol families that are used to communicate with

Exchange Server

Introduction to Open Specifications

? Normative language

? Designed to document bits over the wire ? No APIs ? only Protocols ? MUST, SHOULD, MAY are used to document version-specific behavior ? Strict document structure

? Windows/Exchange or product API knowledge not required...

? Microsoft Products are not mentioned in normative content, only in endnotes

Exchange Protocols

Overview Document [MS-OXPROTO]

Defines Exchange protocol families

Scenario-Based

How multiple protocols work together in typical scenarios How to complete the same task using different protocol families

Walkthroughs and examples

Send email using different protocols Resolve a recipient from an Address Book Synchronize items Many other scenarios

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