Exchange Interoperability: The Mailbox, Folders, and Public Storage

MSDN Library Topics
The following MSDN library topics pertain directly to the mailbox, folders, and public storage.

• Microsoft.Exchange.Data Managed APIs Architecture
  Describes APIs from the Transport Agents SDK that are relevant to the mailbox and other structures.
• Microsoft.NET Namespaces for Exchange
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about Microsoft.Exchange namespace group.
• Working with Folders
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about folder operations in Exchange Web Services (EWS).
• Working with folders by using the EWS Managed API
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about folder operations in Exchange Web Services (EWS) client API.
• Working with items by using the EWS Managed API
  Shows how to perform Create, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations on items in a mailbox by using Exchange Web Services (EWS) client API.
• Setting OOF Messages
  Provides a code example for setting Out of Office (OOF) messages in Exchange Web Services (EWS).
• Working with Autodiscover
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about autodiscover in Exchange Web Services (EWS).
• Working with the Autodiscover service by using the EWS Managed API
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about autodiscover in Exchange Web Services (EWS) client API.
• Working with automatic replies by using the EWS Managed API
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about automatic replies in Exchange Web Services (EWS) client API.
• Working with conversations by using the EWS Managed API
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about conversations in Exchange Web Services (EWS) client API.
• Implementing an Autodiscover Client in Microsoft Exchange
  Discusses how to access the Autodiscover service by using  POST messages.

SDKs
The following SDKs pertain to this module.

• Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Backup and Restore SDK
  Provides a brief introduction and links to specific topics about SDK.
• Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Web Services SDK
  Introduces the Exchange Web Services (EWS) SDK.
• Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.2 SDK
  Introduces the Exchange Web Services (EWS) client API SDK.
• PST File Format SDK
  Houses the PST File Format SDK (pstsdk), which is a C++ library for reading PST files.

Technical Articles
The following technical articles deal with advanced interoperability applications.

• Provisioning, policies, remote wipe, and the Allow/Block/Quarantine list in Exchange ActiveSync
  How to manage security settings, and manage a client device's access to mailbox data.

Videos
The following videos address interoperability concerns that pertain to this module.

• Exchange Protocol Test Suite Architecture
  Introduces the Exchange Protocol Test Suite Architecture.
• Exchange RPC, ROPS
  Discusses the MS-OXCROPS document organization, buffer examples, explanation of why context is important and includes a discussion of server objects.
• How Outlook connects to Exchange 2010 Client Access Server
  Describes improvements to RPC Client Access, Address Book service, client connection behaviors, and load balancing requirements in Exchange 2010.
• Outlook - Exchange RPC: A Client Perspective
  Discusses RPC implementation details for Outlook, including the connection model, debugging tips, and asynchronous RPC.
• Exchange ROPS
  Provides detailed information about Exchange ROPs, including ROP groups, advanced ROP parsing, version differences, and a request/response sample.
• MS-OXCRPC Exchange RPC Part 1
  Presents detailed information about Exchange RPCs, the EMSMDB and AsyncEMSMDB interfaces, and the MS-OXCRPC specification.
• MS-OXCRPC Exchange RPC Part 2
  Presents detailed information about Exchange RPCs, the EMSMDB and AsyncEMSMDB interfaces, and the MS-OXCRPC specification.
• PST SDK Presentation
  Discusses the PST SDK file format SDK.
• MS-PST Binary File Format Presentation
  Discusses the MS-PST file format. The talk covers the PST, LTP, and NDB layers within the format and provides a high level technical overview of the core PST concepts.

Open Specifications
The following open specification documents describe Exchange internal protocols and file formats that pertain to the areas of functionality described in this module.

• MS-OXPROTO
  Provides a complete list of Exchange protocols, sorted by feature area.
• Exchange Server Protocol Documents
  Provides a list of all the protocol and other technology specifications in the documentation set.
• [MS-OXCROPS]: Remote Operations (ROP) List and Encoding Protocol Specification
  Used by clients to access and modify mailbox information on servers.
• [MS-OXCSTOR]: Store Object Protocol Specification
  Used by clients to log on to a user mailbox or public folders, read and write mailbox-level properties for that user mailbox, perform various housekeeping tasks for that mailbox, and determine the availability of content for public folders.
• [MS-OXCFOLD]: Folder Object Protocol Specification
  Handles operations for Folder objects.
• [MS-OXOSFLD]: Special Folders Protocol Specification
  Describes the default set of folders that an implementation supports, as well as other non-user-visible special folders for certain types of application data, such as reminders and views.
• [MS-OXBBODY]: Best Body Retrieval Algorithm
  Provides a mechanism for efficient storage of message bodies.
• [MS-OXORSS]: RSS Object Protocol
  Enables the representation of entries from Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Atom feeds.
• [MS-OXOSRCH]: Search Folder List Configuration Protocol
  Creates, deletes, and modifies search folders
• [MS-OXSHARE]: Sharing Message Object Protocol
  Shares mailbox folders between clients.
• [MS-OXDISCO]: Autodiscover HTTP Service Protocol
  Extends the DNS and directory services to make the location and settings of mail servers available to clients.
• [MS-OXDSCLI]: Autodiscover Publishing and Lookup Protocol
  Enables clients to locate the Autodiscover HTTP service.
• [MS-OXIMAP4]: Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4 (IMAP4) Extensions
  Extends IMAP4, as described in [RFC3501], which enables a client to access e-mail on a server.
• [MS-OXLDAP]: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3 Extensions
  Extends LDAPv3, which enables directory access.
• [MS-OXPOP3]: Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) Extensions
  Extends POP3, as described in [RFC1939], which enables the listing and downloading of mail.
• [MS-OXSMTP]: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Mail Submission Extensions
  Extends the SMTP Message Submission for Mail protocol, as described in [RFC4409], which is used to submit mail from a client to a server.
• [MS-XWDFOLD]: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Extensions for Folders Support
  Extends the WebDAV protocol to provide folder support.
• [MS-XWDMAIL]: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Extensions for E-Mail Support
  Extends the WebDAV protocol to enable clients to send, receive, and manipulate e-mail through HTTP.
• [MS-OXWCONFIG]: Web Service Configuration Protocol
  Enables clients to retrieve organization policy configuration information for a mailbox.
• [MS-OXWSFOLD]: Folders and Folder Permissions Web Service Protocol
  Enables clients to create, copy, move, delete, get, or empty folders and to modify folder permissions that are stored on the server.
• [MS-OXWSMSG]: E-Mail Message Types Web Service Protocol
  Enables clients to create, update, and delete e-mail items on the server.
• [MS-OXWSMSHR]: Folder Sharing Web Service Protocol
  Enables clients to manage Calendar folders that are shared between users in separate organizations.
• [MS-OXWSCONV]: Conversations Web Service Protocol
  Enables clients to find items in a conversation and apply actions to items in a conversation.