Exchange Web Services Operations

Topic Last Modified: 2007-10-26

Exchange Web Services provides many operations that enable you to access information from the Exchange store. The topics in this section provide information about the overall structure of the operations requests, responses, and error response messages. They provide an overview of how the messages are sent between the client and server. Use these topics to debug message structures and to see what can be done in an Exchange Web Services request.

Exchange Data Service Operations

The Exchange Data Service operations enable the handling and organizing of items, folders, and attachments, as well as ambiguous name resolution and distribution list expansion. Exchange Data Service operations include item, folder, attachment, and utilities operations.

Exchange Data Service operations include the following item operations:

Exchange Data Service operations include the following folder operations:

Exchange Data Service operations include the following attachment operations:

Exchange Data Service operations include the following utilities operations:

Notification Operations

The Notification operations notify the client application of events that are associated with a mailbox. The subscription model can be either push- or pull-based.

Exchange Web Services includes the following Notification operations:

Synchronization Operations

The Synchronization operations provide a one-way synchronized cached copy of a user's folders and items. Exchange Web Services includes the following Synchronization operations:

Messaging Records Management Operation

The Messaging Records Management operation enables the assignment of managed folders to mailbox users. Exchange Web Services includes the following Messaging Records Management operation:

Availability Operations

The Availability operations improve the calendar and free/busy sharing experience by providing more secure, up-to-date, and rich free/busy information. Free/busy data is a critical component of meeting scheduling. The Availability operations provide a reliable foundation for effective scheduling.

Exchange Web Services includes the following Availability operations:

Delegate Management Operations

The delegate management operations enable clients to add, update, get, and remove delegates from their mailbox.

Exchange Web Services includes the following delegate management operations: