Converting identifiers by using the EWS Managed API 2.0

Example

The following example shows how to convert an Outlook Web App identifier to an EWS identifier.

static void ConvertOwaIdtoEWSid(ExchangeService service, string idToConvert, string mailboxSMTP)
{
   // Specify the item or folder identifier, the identifier type, the SMTP address of the mailbox
   // that contains the identifier, and whether the item/folder identifier represents an archived
   // item or folder.
   AlternateId originalId = new AlternateId(IdFormat.OwaId, idToConvert, mailboxSMTP, false);

   // Send a request to convert the item identifier. This results in a call to EWS.
   AlternateId newId = service.ConvertId(originalId, IdFormat.EwsId) as AlternateId;

   Console.WriteLine("Converted identifier type: " + newId.Format);
   Console.WriteLine("Converted identifier: " + newId.UniqueId);
}

   Sub ConvertOwaIdtoEWSid(ByVal service As ExchangeService, ByVal idToConvert As String, ByVal mailboxSMTP As String)

      ' Specify the item or folder identifier, the identifier type, the SMTP address of the mailbox
      ' that contains the identifier, and whether the item/folder identifier represents an archived
      ' item or folder.
      Dim originalId As New AlternateId(IdFormat.OwaId, idToConvert, mailboxSMTP, False)

      ' Send a request to convert the item identifier. This results in a call to EWS.
      Dim newId As AlternateId = TryCast(service.ConvertId(originalId, IdFormat.EwsId), AlternateId)
      Console.WriteLine(("Converted identifier type: " & newId.Format))
      Console.WriteLine(("Converted identifier: " & newId.UniqueId))

   End Sub

If you are converting public folder item or folder identifiers, use the AlternatePublicFolderId or AlternatePublicFolderItemId classes instead of the AlternateId class.

Compiling the code

For information about compiling this code, see Getting started with the EWS Managed API 2.0.

Robust programming

• Write appropriate error handling code for common search errors.

• Review the client request XML that is sent to the Exchange server.

• Review the server response XML that is sent from the Exchange server.

• Set the service binding as shown in Setting the Exchange service URL by using the EWS Managed API 2.0. Do not hard code URLs because if mailboxes move, they might be serviced by a different Client Access server. If the client cannot connect to the service, retry setting the binding by using the AutodiscoverUrl(String) method.

• Set the target Exchange Web Services schema version by setting the requestedServerVersion parameter of the ExchangeService constructor. For more information, see Versioning EWS requests by using the EWS Managed API 2.0.

Security

• Use HTTP with SSL for all communication between client and server.

• Always validate the server certificate that is used for establishing the SSL connections. For more information, see Validating X509 certificates by using the EWS Managed API 2.0.

• Do not include user names and passwords in trace files.

• Verify that Autodiscover lookups that use HTTP GET to find an endpoint always prompt for user confirmation; otherwise, they should be blocked.

See also

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