DistinguishedFolderId (DistinguishedFolderIdNameType)

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03/29/2023

The DistinguishedFolderId element identifies folders that can be referenced by name.

<DistinguishedFolderId> calendar | contacts | deleteditems | drafts | inbox | journal | notes | outbox | sentitems | tasks | msgfolderroot | publicfoldersroot | root | junkemail | searchfolders | voicemail | recoverableitemsroot | recoverableitemsdeletions | recoverableitemsversions | recoverableitemspurges | archiveroot | archivemsgfolderroot | archivedeleteditems | archiverecoverableitemsroot | archiverecoverableitemsdeletions | archiverecoverableitemsversions | archiverecoverableitemspurges | syncissues | conflicts | localfailures | serverfailures | recipientcache | quickcontacts | conversationhistory | adminauditlogs | todosearch | mycontacts | directory | imcontactlist | peopleconnect</DistinguishedFolderId>

DistinguishedFolderIdNameType

Attributes and elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child elements

None

Parent elements

Element	Description
Folder	Specifies a generic folder.
CalendarFolder	Specifies a calendar folder.
ContactsFolder	Specifies a contacts folder.

Text value

DistinguishedFolderId element text values

Value	Description
calendar	Indicates the URL of the calendar folder.
contacts	Indicates the URL of the contacts folder.
deleteditems	Indicates the URL of the deleted items folder.
drafts	Indicates the URL of the drafts folder.
inbox	Indicates the URL of the inbox folder.
journal	Indicates the URL of the journal folder.
notes	Indicates the URL of the notes folder.
outbox	Indicates the URL of the outbox folder.
sentitems	Indicates the URL of the sent items folder.
tasks	Indicates the URL of the tasks folder.
msgfolderroot	Indicates the URL of the message root folder.
publicfoldersroot	Indicates the URL of the public folders root folder.
root	Indicates the URL of the root folder.
junkemail	Indicates the URL of the junk email folder.
searchfolders	Indicates the URL of the search folders.
voicemail	Indicates the URL of the voice-mail folder.
recoverableitemsroot	Indicates the URL of the recoverable items root folder.
recoverableitemsdeletions	Indicates the URL of the deleted recoverable items folder.
recoverableitemsversions	Indicates the URL of the recoverable item versions folder.
recoverableitemspurges	Indicates the URL of the purged recoverable items folder.
archiveroot	Indicates the URL of the archive root folder.
archivemsgfolderroot	Indicates the URL of the archived message folder root folder.
archivedeleteditems	Indicates the URL of the archived deleted items folder.
archiverecoverableitemsroot	Indicates the URL of the archived recoverable items root folder.
archiverecoverableitemsdeletions	Indicates the URL of the archived recoverable deleted items folder.
archiverecoverableitemsversions	Indicates the URL of the archived recoverable items versions folder.
archiverecoverableitemspurges	Indicates the URL of the archived purged recoverable items folder.
syncissues	Indicates the URL of the synchronization issues folder.
conflicts	Indicates the URL of the conflicts folder.
localfailures	Indicates the URL of the local failures folder.
serverfailures	Indicates the URL of the server failures folder.
recipientcache	Indicates the URL of the recipient cache folder.
quickcontacts	Indicates the URL of the quick contacts folder.
conversationhistory	Indicates the URL of the conversation history folder.
adminauditlogs	Indicates the URL of the administrative audit log folder.
todosearch	Indicates the URL of the search to-do folder.
mycontacts	Indicates the URL of the my contacts folder.
directory	Indicates a URL of the directory folder.

Remarks

This element was introduced in Exchange Server 2013.

The schema that describes this element is located in the IIS virtual directory that hosts Exchange Web Services.

Element information

Element	Example
Namespace	https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema Name	Type schema
Validation File	types.xsd
Can Be Empty