SharePoint Back-End Protocols

The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are used by SharePoint Products and Technologies software (namely Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 applied and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 1 applied) to communicate with other Microsoft products.

This section includes a set of companion overview and reference documents pertaining to protocols where SharePoint Products and Technologies implement only one of the protocol endpoints. These protocols are intended for interoperability between SharePoint Products and Technologies and external applications. The documents supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

Audience

The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies protocol documentation is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available standard specifications, and network programming art. It assumes that the reader either is familiar with this material or has immediate access to it.

The technical documentation provides the following levels of audience support:

Implementer: Sufficient conceptual and reference information for a successful implementation of one or more protocol specifications for a given task or scenario.
Reviewer: A definitive resource for readers who want to evaluate or understand one or more protocols.

Specification	Description
[MS-ADMWS]: Search Service Administration Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Service Administration Web Service Protocol, which enables the protocol client to configure and control the crawling function of the search subsystem. Click here to view this version of the [MS-ADMWS] PDF.
[MS-ADS]: Access Services Data Server Protocol Specification	Specifies the Access Services Data Server Protocol. This protocol enables a protocol client to execute and monitor tasks on a server application. Click here to view this version of the [MS-ADS] PDF.
[MS-BDCDPS]: Business Data Connectivity Database Protocol Specification	Specifies the Business Data Connectivity Database Protocol, which allows a metadata client to create, read, update, and delete metadata objects in a metadata store. For write operations, the protocol server will provide validation and diagnostic errors such that protocol clients can maintain the set of stored metadata objects in a state that satisfies certain semantic constraints for models. Click here to view this version of the [MS-BDCDPS] PDF.
[MS-BDCMFFS]: Business Data Connectivity Model File Format Specification	Specifies Business Data Connectivity model Xml file format. The model file contains a collection of metadata objects describing line-of-business (LOB) systems in terms of LobSystem objects, LobSystem instances and the business data types they store as entities. This structure is typically consumed by a runtime engine that translates requests into a format understood by the native LOB system. Click here to view this version of the [MS-BDCMFFS] PDF.
[MS-BDCSP]: Business Data Catalog Database Protocol Specification	Specifies the Business Data Catalog Database Protocol, which allows a metadata client to create, read, update, and delete metadata objects in a metadata store. For write operations, the protocol server will provide validation and diagnostic errors such that protocol clients can maintain the set of stored metadata objects in a state that satisfies certain semantic constraints for models. Click here to view this version of the [MS-BDCSP] PDF.
[MS-BDCWPS]: Business Data Connectivity Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Business Data Connectivity Web Service Protocol. This protocol enables protocol clients to store and retrieve information about interfaces of line-of-business (LOB) systems and annotations of these interfaces. Click here to view this version of the [MS-BDCWPS] PDF.
[MS-CDEPLOY]: Content Deployment Remote Import Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Content Deployment Remote Import Web Service Protocol, which enables a protocol client to remotely manage the import of a set of content, previously exported from an export server, to a protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-CDEPLOY] PDF.
[MS-CIFO]: Content Index Format Structure Specification	Specifies the Content Index Format Structure. This protocol specifies the mechanism in which the full-text index catalog is propagated from the index server to the query server. This protocol also specifies the data structures that make up the full-text index catalog. Click here to view this version of the [MS-CIFO] PDF.
[MS-CIPROP]: Index Propagation Protocol Specification	Specifies the Index Propagation Protocol, which is used to replicate search index data across multiple servers and to maintain consistency among those servers in the event of changes to that data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-CIPROP] PDF.
[MS-CIPROP2]: Index Propagation Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Index Propagation Protocol, which is used to replicate search index data across multiple servers and to maintain consistency among those servers in the event of changes to that data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-CIPROP2] PDF.
[MS-DADMWS]: Search Admin Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Global Admin Web Service Protocol, which enables remote administration of the search application. Click here to view this version of the [MS-DADMWS] PDF.
[MS-EMMSTORE]: Enterprise Metadata Service Database Schema Specification	Specifies the Enterprise Metadata Service Database Protocol which provides managment of metadata attached to networked resources. Click here to view this version of the [MS-EMMSTORE] PDF.
[MS-EXSPWS]: Excel Calculation Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Excel Calculation Web Service Protocol, which enables communication between a protocol client that displays spreadsheets for viewing and interacting with a protocol server that loads and calculates spreadsheets. Click here to view this version of the [MS-EXSPWS] PDF.
[MS-EXSPWS2]: Excel Calculation Web Service Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Excel Calculation Web Service Version 2 Protocol. This protocol enables communication between a protocol client that displays workbooks for viewing and editing with a protocol server that loads and calculates workbooks. Click here to view this version of the [MS-EXSPWS2] PDF.
[MS-EXSPXML]: Excel Calculation Web Service XML Schema Specification	Specifies the Excel Calculation Web Service XML Specification. This structure specifies the representation of a workbook passed between a protocol client and a protocol server. For example, the structure can specify the number of sheets in a workbook, the data in each sheet and the formatting of that data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-EXSPXML] PDF.
[MS-FSADS]: Administration Database Schema	Specifies the Administration Database Schema, used for persisting the information associated with operations in the Administration Services Protocol. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSADS] PDF.
[MS-FSADSA]: Active Directory Search Authorization Protocol Specification	Specifies the Active Directory Search Authorization Protocol, which is a subset of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) used for ensuring that end-users see only secure search results that they are entitled to see. This protocol is also used for verifying Active Directory users and obtaining identity information about them, such as group memberships. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSADSA] PDF.
[MS-FSAS]: Administration Services Protocol Specification	Specifies the Administration Services Protocol, which enables protocol clients to manage a search system. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSAS] PDF.
[MS-FSBEPS]: Browser Engine Processing and Status Protocol Specification	Specifies the Browser Engine and Status Protocol, which specifies the communication between a protocol client and a protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSBEPS] PDF.
[MS-FSCADM]: Crawler Administration and Status Protocol Specification	Specifies the Crawler Administration and Status Protocol, which operates between a protocol client and a Web crawler server or server farm. This protocol enables the protocol client to make requests of the Web crawler, and query it for status information. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCADM] PDF.
[MS-FSCCFG]: Crawler Configuration File Format Specification	Specifies the Crawler Configuration File Format, which is an XML-based configuration format for a Web crawler process. This file format specifies configuration parameters that control the gathering, processing, and storage of information automatically retrieved by the Web crawler process from Web sites, and then transmits it to a search engine index. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCCFG] PDF.
[MS-FSCDBS]: Connector Database Schema	Specifies the Connector Database Schema, which is the database schema for applicable indexing content connectors. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCDBS] PDF.
[MS-FSCDCFG]: Component Distribution Configuration File Format Specification	Specifies the Deployment Configuration file data object format, which specifies how an extended search service application is distributed over multiple extended search service application nodes. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCDCFG] PDF.
[MS-FSCF]: Content Feeding Protocol Specification	Specifies the Content Feeding Protocol (FSCF), which enables a protocol client to submit a document to a protocol server for processing and indexing. This protocol also enables a protocol client to remove a content collection from an index. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCF] PDF.
[MS-FSCHT]: Cheetah Data Structure	Specifies the Cheetah Data Format Protocol, which enables the serialization and deserialization of data structures. This protocol specifies only the serialization and deserialization of data structures; network transport mechanisms and storage protocols are specified in other specifications. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCHT] PDF.
[MS-FSCMW]: Configuration Middleware Protocol Specification	Specifies the Configuration Middleware Protocol, which enables a protocol client to obtain configuration information. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCMW] PDF.
[MS-FSCX]: Configuration XML-RPC Protocol Specification	Specifies the Configuration XML-RPC Protocol between a protocol server, which is the Configuration Component, and protocol clients. A Configuration Component stores configuration and system information, regularly contacts components in the system to assure their availability, and allows protocol clients to update or query this information. Protocol clients can register alerts and be notified about relevant changes. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSCX] PDF.
[MS-FSDP]: Document Processing Protocol Specification	Specifies the Document Processing Protocol, which enables certain components in a search service application to submit searchable items to another component for indexing. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSDP] PDF.
[MS-FSDPD]: Document Processing Distribution Protocol Specification	Specifies the Document Processing Distribution Protocol, which is used between components in a search service application. This protocol enables one component to dispatch searchable items to another component for the item processing that occurs before item indexing. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSDPD] PDF.
[MS-FSDQE]: Distributed Query Execution Protocol Specification	Specifies the Distributed Query Execution Protocol. This protocol enables a protocol client to perform search queries against a protocol server that manages a search engine in a distributed environment. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSDQE] PDF.
[MS-FSFIXML]: FIXML Data Structure	Specifies the FAST Index Markup Language (FIXML) data object format. This format is used when an item is submitted for indexing after item processing. The data object represents one item to be submitted for indexing. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSFIXML] PDF.
[MS-FSFQL]: Fast Query Language Structure	Specifies the structure of the FAST Query Language (FQL), which the Query and Result Protocol uses. FQL is a language for expressing search criteria. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSFQL] PDF.
[MS-FSIADM]: Indexer Administration and Status Protocol Specification	Specifies the Indexer Administration and Status Protocol, which is used for administering and retrieving information from an indexer for search terms. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSIADM] PDF.
[MS-FSID]: Indexing Distribution Protocol Specification	Specifies the Indexing Distribution Protocol, which is used between two components in the indexing service, the indexing dispatcher node, and the indexer node. This protocol enables a session-based connection as part of an extended item feeding chain, with asynchronous callback messages reporting status back to the feeding client. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSID] PDF.
[MS-FSIN]: Input Normalization Data Structure	This document specifies the Input Normalization Data Structure Protocol. This protocol specifies corresponding equivalent characters for characters used within a search application. It also specifies the stemming form to be added depending on the language of the item. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSIN] PDF.
[MS-FSL]: Logging Protocol Specification	Specifies the Logging Protocol, which enables a protocol client to send log messages to a protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSL] PDF.
[MS-FSLRDS]: Linguistic Resource Data Structure	Specifies the Linguistic Resource Data Structures, which are file formats used to represent linguistic dictionaries as XML files. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSLRDS] PDF.
[MS-FSMW]: Middleware Protocol Specification	Specifies the Middleware Protocol Specification, which provides a mechanism that allows an implementation to calls methods that are in a different network address space. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSMW] PDF.
[MS-FSNC]: Node Controller Protocol Specification	Specifies the Node Controller Protocol, which is the protocol between a node controller client and server. A node controller server monitors and controls a system that consists of a set of processes and files on the same computer that the server is running on. A client is typically part of an application that needs to contact the server to request information about the system or to request that the system be modified in some way. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSNC] PDF.
[MS-FSPSCFG]: Processor Server Configuration File Format Specification	Specifies the Processor Server Configuration File Format. This file format is a configuration file set that is partly derived from the index schema and used by the Document Processing Service. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSPSCFG] PDF.
[MS-FSQR]: Query and Result Protocol Specification	Specifies the Query and Result Protocol. A protocol client uses this protocol to submit search queries to a protocol server for indexed content and to receive search results from that protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSQR] PDF.
[MS-FSQRC]: Query and Result Configuration Protocol Specification	Specifies the Query and Result Configuration Protocol, which loads updated configuration information for subsystems of a query processing component. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSQRC] PDF.
[MS-FSQRCFG]: Query and Result Configuration File Format Specification	Specifies the Query and Result Configuration File Format. This file format specifies file names and formats for the configuration files that are used by a particular implementation of the Query and Result Protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSQRCFG] PDF.
[MS-FSRS]: Resource Store Protocol Specification	Specifies the Resource Storage Protocol, which enables a protocol client to store resources, typically files, on a protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSRS] PDF.
[MS-FSSAC]: Search Authorization Connector Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Authorization Connector Protocol used between a protocol client and the protocol server, which is the FSA Manager Service. This protocol enables a protocol client to make changes to the users, groups, and user-to-user mappings stored on the protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSSAC] PDF.
[MS-FSSADM]: Search Administration and Status Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Administration and Status Protocol used by a protocol client to communicate with a search node of fastsearch, allowing for information retrieval from the search node. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSSADM] PDF.
[MS-FSSCFG]: Search Configuration File Format Specification	Specifies the Search Configuration File Format, including file naming conventions and file formats for the configuration files derived from the index schema for an enterprise search service. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSSCFG] PDF.
[MS-FSSPRADM]: SPRel Administration and Status Protocol Specification	Specifies the SPRel Administration and Status Protocol for transmitting status and configuration options between a protocol client and a protocol server. This protocol is a client/server protocol that allows the protocol client to both control the protocol server, and query it for status information. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSSPRADM] PDF.
[MS-FSST]: Spelltuning File Format Specification	Specifies the Spelltuning File Formats that the item processing service uses to check the spelling of text for an item. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSST] PDF.
[MS-FSWAADM]: WebAnalyzer Administration and Status Protocol Specification	Specifies the WebAnalyzer Administration and Status Protocol, which transmits status and configuration options between a protocol client and a protocol server. This protocol enables the protocol client to query the protocol server for status information. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSWAADM] PDF.
[MS-FSWASDR]: WebAnalyzer/SPRel Data Receiving Protocol Specification	Specifies the WebAnalyzer/SPRel Data Receiving Protocol, which is used for sending data from a client to a server and for the server's response to the client. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSWASDR] PDF.
[MS-FSWASDS]: WebAnalyzer/SPRel Data Serving Protocol Specification	Specifies the WebAnalyzer/SPRel Data Serving Protocol (WASDS), which is used to improve search relevance by retrieving metadata about search items before they are indexed. This protocol is used by protocol clients to retrieve information from a remote protocol server where the meta information is associated with a unique key. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSWASDS] PDF.
[MS-FSWCU]: WebAnalyzer/Crawler Utility Structure Specification	Specifies the WebAnalyzer/Crawler Utility File Format, which serializes and un-serializes data types, such as numerical values, text, and arrays, to an octet stream. Click here to view this version of the [MS-FSWCU] PDF.
[MS-GLOADWS]: Global Admin Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Global Admin Web Service Protocol, which enables remote administration of the search application. Click here to view this version of the [MS-GLOADWS] PDF.
[MS-MAVA]: MOSS Analytics View Access Protocol Specification	Specifies the MOSS Analytics View Access Protocol. This protocol enables a protocol client to retrieve analytical data about web-traffic, searches and inventory of various entities in the farm from a store on the protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-MAVA] PDF.
[MS-MOSSUAN]: SQL Usage Analytics Protocol Specification	Specifies the SQL Usage Analytics Protocol, which specifies methods for accessing and interacting with historical usage information collected by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-MOSSUAN] PDF.
[MS-NOTESWS]: MS Search Lotus Notes Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Lotus Notes Web Service Protocol, which enables the protocol client to enumerate and retrieve content and properties from a Domino Server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-NOTESWS] PDF.
[MS-PPSAPP]: PerformancePoint Services Application Server Protocol Specification	Specifies the PerfomancePoint Services Application Server Protocol, which reads from, writes to, and performs basic operations on dashboards hosted on a protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-PPSAPP] PDF.
[MS-PPSSPROC]: PerformancePoint Services Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the PerformancePoint Services Stored Procedure Protocol, which defines communication requests for scorecard annotations administration, user selected filters for user administration, and temporary state data structures for first class object administration tasks between the front-end Web server and the database server. This server-to-server protocol uses the PerformancePoint Services Application Server Protocol. Click here to view this version of the [MS-PPSSPROC] PDF.
[MS-QSSWS]: Search Query Shared Services Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Query Shared Services Protocol, which enables the protocol client to issue queries against a search service application. Click here to view this version of the [MS-QSSWS] PDF.
[MS-SADMWS]: Search Site Administration Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Site Admin Web Service Protocol, which enables remote administration of the search application functions that apply at a site level. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SADMWS] PDF.
[MS-SPPTC]: User Code Execution Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Code Execution Protocol, which allows a protocol client to call an execution service on a protocol server which executes user code. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPPTC] PDF.
[MS-SPSCLSP]: SPSCrawl Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the SPSCrawl Stored Procedures Protocol, which allows clients to read values of user profile properties for user profiles within the context of a site. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPSCLSP] PDF.
[MS-SPSCLSP2]: SPSCrawl Stored Procedures Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the SPSCrawl Stored Procedures Protocol, which allows clients to read values of user profile properties for user profiles within the context of a site. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPSCLSP2] PDF.
[MS-SPSETSP]: SharePoint Subscription Settings Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the SharePoint Subscription Settings Stored Procedures Protocol used to set, remove and read property sets for site collections. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPSETSP] PDF.
[MS-SPSETWS]: SharePoint Subscription Settings Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the SharePoint Subscription Settings Web Service Protocol, to set, remove and read property sets for a particular set of site collections. This protocol allows for a set of configuration data to be shared amongst a set of site collections. It is typically needed for hosting scenarios. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPSETWS] PDF.
[MS-SPSTATE]: Temporary State Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Temporary State Service protocol, which enables a protocol client to store and retrieve serialized short-term data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPSTATE] PDF.
[MS-SPTWS]: Service Platform Topology Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Service Platform Topology Web Service Protocol Specification, which enables a protocol client to request a list of shared service applications known to the protocol server and to retrieve endpoints for a shared service application. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SPTWS] PDF.
[MS-SQLPADM]: SQL Administration Protocol Specification	Specifies the SQL Administration Protocol, which are the communication sequences that are used by the protocol client (Web and application servers) to perform data query and update commands on the protocol server in relation to search administration functions. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLPADM] PDF.
[MS-SQLPADM2]: SQL Administration Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the SQL Administration Protocol, which are the communication sequences that are used by the protocol client (Web and application servers) to perform data query and update commands on the protocol server in relation to search administration functions. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLPADM2] PDF.
[MS-SQLPGAT]: SQL Gatherer Protocol Specification	Specifies the SQL Gatherer Protocol, which is the communication between the index server and back-end database server that is used to satisfy requests for search crawl tasks. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLPGAT] PDF.
[MS-SQLPGAT2]: SQL Gatherer Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the SQL Gatherer Version 2 Protocol, which allows for communication between the index server and the back-end database server that is used to satisfy requests for search crawl tasks. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLPGAT2] PDF.
[MS-SQLPQ]: Search Service Database Query Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Service Database Query Protocol, which is the communication sequences used by the protocol client (Web server and application server) to perform data query and update operations on the protocol server (database server) in relation to search query execution. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLPQ] PDF.
[MS-SQLPQ2]: Search Service Database Query Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Service Database Query Protocol, which is the communication sequences used by the protocol client (Web server and application server) to perform data query and update operations on the protocol server (database server) in relation to search query execution. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLPQ2] PDF.
[MS-SQP]: MSSearch Query Protocol Specification	Specifies the MSSearch Query Protocol, which enables the protocol client to communicate with the protocol server hosting a search service to issue queries. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQP] PDF.
[MS-SQP2]: MSSearch Query Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the MSSearch Query Protocol, which enables the protocol client to communicate with the protocol server hosting a search service to issue queries. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQP2] PDF.
[MS-SRCHTP]: Search Topology Protocol Specification	Specifies the Search Topology Protocol, which is used by the protocol client to perform data query and update operations on the protocol server in relation to search topology operations such as adding and removing search components from the farm. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SRCHTP] PDF.
[MS-SSDPS]: Secure Store Database Protocol Specification	Specifies the Secure Store Database Protocol, which is an interface for protocol clients to store and retrieve credential and related information typically used to authenticate to line-of-business systems. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SSDPS] PDF.
[MS-SSOSP]: Single Sign-On Database Protocol Specification	Specifies the Single Sign-On Database Protocol, which enables a user to securely create, read, update, and delete authentication credentials for line-of-business systems. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SSOSP] PDF.
[MS-SSP]: Single Sign-On Protocol Specification	Specifies the Single Sign-On Protocol, which is used by protocol clients of [MS-SSOSP] to obtain a master secret from a master secret server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SSP] PDF.
[MS-SSPSJ]: SSP Scheduled Jobs Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the SSP Scheduled Jobs Stored Procedures Protocol, which is a protocol that allows clients to add, modify, refresh, and delete scheduled jobs from a store on the protocol server, as well as retrieve those scheduled jobs by using predefined criteria such as a unique identifier or jobs scheduled to be run within a specified interval. This protocol also specifies the actions that the client takes when a particular scheduled job is retrieved and is to be executed in the next specified interval. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SSPSJ] PDF.
[MS-SSPSOS]: SQL Configuration Object Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the SQL Configuration Object Stored Procedures Protocol, which is a client-server protocol for storing and retrieving configuration settings on a protocol server and maintaining a cache of the configuration settings on protocol clients. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SSPSOS] PDF.
[MS-SSWPS]: Secure Store Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Secure Store Web Service Protocol, used to define and manage applications and their associated credentials. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SSWPS] PDF.
[MS-UPASP]: User Profile Admin Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Admin Stored Procedure Protocol to interact with partitions in the user profile store. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPASP] PDF.
[MS-UPIESP]: User Profile Import and Export Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Import and Export Stored Procedures used to import and export user profile and member group data to and from the user profile store. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPIESP] PDF.
[MS-UPSAUD]: User Profile Service Audiences Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Service Audiences Protocol, which enables the protocol client to define, modify, and retrieve membership information about sets of similar users called audiences. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSAUD] PDF.
[MS-UPSAUD2]: User Profile Service Audiences Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Service Audiences protocol, which enables the protocol client to define, modify, and retrieve membership information about sets of similar users called audiences. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSAUD2] PDF.
[MS-UPSCHNG]: User Profile Change Log Stored Procedure Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Change Log Stored Procedure Protocol, which allows clients to add, or delete user profile change entries from a log on the protocol server, as well as retrieve these entries by using pre-defined criteria such as change entries which have happened after a specified time or have happened to a specified user. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSCHNG] PDF.
[MS-UPSCHNG2]: User Profile Change Log Stored Procedure Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Change Log Stored Procedure Protocol. This protocol allows clients to add or delete user profile change events from a log on the protocol server and to retrieve those user profile change events using pre-defined criteria such as events that have happened after a specified time or with a specific user. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSCHNG2] PDF.
[MS-UPSCSP]: User Profile Service Application Caching Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Service Application Caching Stored Procedures Protocol to retrieve the user information stored in a user profile store on a site. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSCSP] PDF.
[MS-UPSCWS]: User Profile Service Application Caching Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Service Application Caching Web Services Protocol. It is built upon Windows Communication Foundation. This protocol enables a protocol client to retrieve the user information stored in a user profile store on a site. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSCWS] PDF.
[MS-UPSGRAD]: User Profile Service Push Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Service Push Protocol, which allows one user profile service to push updates to another user profile service. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSGRAD] PDF.
[MS-UPSIMP]: User Profile Import Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Import Protocol, which enables the protocol client to import user profiles, member groups, and memberships from directory services into the protocol server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSIMP] PDF.
[MS-UPSPROF]: User Profile Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Stored Procedures Protocol, which allows clients to perform create, read, update, and delete operations on user information stored in the user profile store. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSPROF] PDF.
[MS-UPSPROF2]: User Profile Stored Procedures Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Service Stored Procedure protocol. This protocol allows clients to perform create, read, update and delete operations on user information stored in a user profile store on a site. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSPROF2] PDF.
[MS-UPSRCHSP]: User Profile Search Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Search Stored Procedure protocol. This protocol enables a protocol client to search for different types of profiles (including user, organization, member group, and audience) based on search terms. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSRCHSP] PDF.
[MS-UPSSDSP]: User Profile Social Data Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Social Data Stored Procedure protocol, to allow create, read, update and delete operations on social metadata stored in a social data store on a site. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSSDSP] PDF.
[MS-UPSSYNC]: User Profile Synchronization Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Synchronization Stored Procedures Protocol, which is the communication between a protocol client and the user profile store (protocol server) for the purpose of synchronizing data between security principals and user profiles. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSSYNC] PDF.
[MS-UPSSYNC2]: User Profile Synchronization Stored Procedures Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the User Profile Stored Procedures Version 2 protocol, which provides bi-directional synchronization for distributing and centralizing data across multiple Web sites during deployment. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPSSYNC2] PDF.
[MS-UPWCFWS]: User Profile Property Service Application Web Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the details of the User Profile Application Property Service Protocol. Built upon Windows Communication Foundation, this protocol enables retrieval of the configuration information for a user profile application. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UPWCFWS] PDF.
[MS-UTSP]: SharePoint Usage Tracking Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the SharePoint Usage Tracking Stored Procedures Protocol, which supports the collection and storage of usage and diagnostic data. This protocol can be used for reporting and analyzing the collected data, and can also be extended to store additional types of data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-UTSP] PDF.
[MS-VGSFF]: Visio Graphics Service File Format (.vdw) Specification	Specifies the Visio Graphics Service (.vdw) File Format. The file format consists of a Web drawing, which is a collection of drawing pages, shapes, fonts, images, data connections, and recalculation information that can be rendered as a vector or raster drawing. Click here to view this version of the [MS-VGSFF] PDF.
[MS-VGSP]: Visio Graphics Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Visio Graphics Service Protocol, which enables communication between a protocol server and a protocol client that retrieves a Web drawing. Click here to view this version of the [MS-VGSP] PDF.
[MS-WORDSSP]: Word Services Stored Procedures Protocol Specification	Specifies the Word Services Stored Procedures Protocol, which allows clients to store information on the server about converting documents from one file format to another. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WORDSSP] PDF.
[MS-WORDSWCFQ]: Word File Conversion Service Queue WCF Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Queue WCF Service Protocol that is used to create, retrieve, and update a queue of documents that are intended to be converted between file formats. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WORDSWCFQ] PDF.
[MS-WORDSWCFW]: Word File Conversion Service Worker WCF Service Protocol Specification	Specifies the Worker WCF Service Protocol that is used to convert a document from one file format to another file format. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WORDSWCFW] PDF.
[MS-WSSCADM]: Windows SharePoint Services Content Database Administrative Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services Content Database Administrative Communications Protocol. This protocol specifies the communication sequences used by front-end Web servers and application servers to perform administrative operations on a back-end database server related to content databases. This protocol also specifies Recycle Bin, quota, database integrity and maintenance, and auditing operations. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSCADM] PDF.
[MS-WSSCADM2]: Windows SharePoint Services Content Database Administrative Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services Content Database Administrative Communications Protocol. This protocol specifies the communication sequences used by front-end Web servers and application servers to perform administrative operations on a back-end database server related to content databases. This protocol also specifies Recycle Bin, quota, database integrity and maintenance, and auditing operations. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSCADM2] PDF.
[MS-WSSCCSP]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Core List Schema and Site Provisioning Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Core List Schema and Site Provisioning Communications Protocol, which is the communication between the front-end Web server and the back-end database server used to satisfy requests involving list schema management and site provisioning within Windows SharePoint Services. This client-to-server protocol uses the Tabular Data Stream protocol as its transport between the front-end Web server, acting as a client, and the back-end database server, acting as a server. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSCCSP] PDF.
[MS-WSSCCSP2]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Core List Schema and Site Provisioning Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Core List Schema and Site Provisioning Communications Version 2 Protocol, which allows Web and application servers to perform data query and update commands on database servers. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSCCSP2] PDF.
[MS-WSSCFGD]: Windows SharePoint Services: Configuration Database Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Configuration Database Communications Protocol, which is the communications between a computer or set of computers running one or more services and a back-end database server in which the configuration data for the services are stored. The clients of this protocol are computers running services. The protocol server is a device holding the configuration data in the configuration database. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSCFGD] PDF.
[MS-WSSCFGD2]: Windows SharePoint Services: Configuration Database Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services Configuration Database Communications Protocol. This protocol specifies the communications needed for one or more clients to share configuration settings by storing those settings in a central location. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSCFGD2] PDF.
[MS-WSSDLIM]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Document and List Item Management Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Document and List Item Management Communications Protocol, which is the communication sequences used by front-end Web servers and application servers to perform data query and update commands on back-end database servers as part of theme, change log, list, document, and list item operations. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSDLIM] PDF.
[MS-WSSDLIM2]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Document and List Item Management Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Document and List Item Management Communications Version 2 Protocol that describes the communication sequences used by the front-end Web server and application servers to perform data query and update commands on back-end database servers as part of document and list item management operations. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSDLIM2] PDF.
[MS-WSSDM]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Data Migration Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Data Migration Communications Protocol, which is the communication sequences used by front-end Web servers and back-end database servers to perform data migration operations. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSDM] PDF.
[MS-WSSDM2]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Data Migration Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Data Migration Communications protocol APIs used by a front-end Web server to retrieve objects and their meta information from the back-end database servers to do data migration. It also provides helper APIs to be used in conjunction with other protocols to import data objects into back-end database servers. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSDM2] PDF.
[MS-WSSEUX]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database End-User Experience Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database End-User Experience Communications Protocol, which is the front-end Web server to back-end database server communication protocol used for managing alerts, e-mail enabled lists, the HTML transform service, document copying, meeting workspaces, site navigation structure, the SharePoint tree view, and Web discussions. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSEUX] PDF.
[MS-WSSEUX2]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database End-User Experience Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database End-User Experience Communications Version 2 Protocol. This protocol specifies communications between servers that support various end user experiences such as online discussions, meeting arrangements, Web site navigation, and alerts about changed data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSEUX2] PDF.
[MS-WSSPROG]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Programmability Extensions Communications Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Programmability Extensions Communications Protocol, which is the communication sequences used by a protocol client to perform data query and update operations on a protocol server in relation to Web Part, event receiver, workflow, and work item data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSPROG] PDF.
[MS-WSSPROG2]: Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Programmability Extensions Communications Version 2 Protocol Specification	Specifies the Windows SharePoint Services: Content Database Programmability Extensions Communications Version 2 Protocol, which is the communication sequences used by a protocol client to perform data query and update operations on a protocol server in relation to Web Part, event receiver, workflow, and work item data. Click here to view this version of the [MS-WSSPROG2] PDF.