Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server is the messaging platform that provides e-mail and scheduling functionality and the tools for custom collaboration and messaging-service applications. You can easily create and manage your business communications both in the office and on the road by using Exchange Server.

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Featured Content

	Introducing the Exchange 2010 Beta SDKs The new Exchange Server 2010 Beta documentation is now available on MSDN. See Thom Randolph's article introducing you to the newly reorganized and streamlined SDKs and the new features for developers in Exchange 2010. June 3, 2009
	Now available: Active Directory Schema Changes Reference We have reorganized our information about the changes that Exchange Server makes to the Active Directory schema into a downloadable Word document. For information, see Ray Dixon's article, or download the document from the Microsoft Download Center. June 3, 2009
	Exchange Server 2010 Beta is now available Download the free beta and see what the next version of Exchange can do for your organization. April 15, 2009
	Get the new EWS Managed API 1.0 Beta The Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API 1.0 Beta provides a managed interface for developing client applications that use Exchange Web Services. Download the new API and start developing today! April 15, 2009

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Browse the Exchange 2010 documentation set

The new Exchange 2010 developer documentation set includes a Guide to Exchange 2010 Development Technologies and new SDKs for Web Services, Transport Agents, and Backup and Restore.

Browse the EWS Managed API 1.0 Beta SDK

The EWS Managed API provides an intuitive interface for developing Exchange Web Services clients. The EWS Managed API 1.0 Beta SDK is now available to help you get started.

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Microsoft Exchange Bloggers

SGriffin’s (MFST) Weblog

MFCMAPI and Old Versions of Visual Studio
Ever since I went to the new Vista style icon for MFCMAPI, it’s not been possibl... more
Thursday, Jul 9

Exchange MAPI and the Form Manager
Had a customer contact me recently asking why MAPIOpenFormMgr doesn’t work with... more
Wednesday, Jul 8

Matt Stehle’s CDOs and CDONTS of Messaging Development

FYI: Can’t use Exchange Impersonation with GetUserOofSettings, SetUserOofSettings, or GetUserAvailability
I kept forgetting about this so maybe blogging it will help me remember. A... more
Wednesday, Jun 24

Exchange API Team Blog: Exchange Impersonation vs. Delegate Access…
The Exchange API team has a new post to explaining the differences between using... more
Tuesday, Jun 16

Other Exchange Blogs

Glen's Exchange Dev Blog

Simple Exchange Email client for Powershell using the EWS Managed API
One thing that is useful now and again when you are testing different problems a... more
Thursday, Jun 11

Using SearchFilter and other Nested Types in the EWS Managed API from Powershell
A SearchFilter in the EWS Managed API gives you the ability to place restriction... more
Saturday, Jun 6

Microsoft Exchange Blogs

Exchange API-Spotting

Exchange Impersonation vs. Delegate Access
There has been some confusion about the different methods that can be used to access a mailbox. Deve... more
Monday, Jun 15

The Exchange 2010 Beta SDKs are Here!
The Exchange Developer Documentation team is happy to announce the release of the Exchange 2010 Bet... more
Thursday, Jun 4

Introducing the EWS Managed API!
Developing applications with Exchange Web Services just got MUCH easier, thanks to the release of th... more
Wednesday, Apr 15

You Had Me at EHLO - Microsoft Exchange Team Blog

Help us understand Exchange Custom Development
There are tens of thousands of people out there developing applications on Microsoft Exchange, yet t... more
Tuesday, May 26

Introducing the Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.0 Beta
If you haven't heard the buzz yet about what is new with our Exchange 2010 developer story then head... more
Tuesday, Apr 21

Exchange Web Services - What You Didn't Know
Hey folks, we're back again with another video. We've already told you about how we're building the... more
Tuesday, Mar 24

Forums

Exchange Development Forum
Topics discussed include: Web services, APIs, application conversion and apps in general.

Featured Topics

CalendarItemType Recurrence attribute
Kim Brandl provides information about accessing recurrence information for a meeting series.

EWS - Cannot create Task Item with reminder time
This forum post describes how to set properties correctly when creating a Task.

Pull Subscriptions for multiple users
David Sterling and Henning Krause provide information about using Exchange impersonation to configure subscriptions for multiple users.

Change category of an appointment
This forum post describes how to update an item’s category property.

How to find emails using MAPI extended property value using EWS
David Sterling and Glen Scales provide information about finding items based on extended properties.

EWS create completed task ignores complete date
This thread describes issues with directly setting some extended properties.