Exchange-Outlook Protocols Documentation

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Exchange-Outlook Protocol Documentation includes protocols that are implemented in Exchange Server and are used to communicate with Microsoft Outlook and vice versa. Some of the protocols implemented in Exchange Server that are used to communicate with Microsoft Outlook may be found in the Microsoft PC Productivity Applications Protocol Documentation set. In addition, specific standards-based protocols that are used by Exchange Server to communicate with Microsoft Outlook and vice versa may be found in the Standards Documentation set.

Overview and Reference Materials

Overview

Specification Description
[MS-OXPROTO]: Exchange Server Protocols System Overview Provides information about the protocols that are included in the Exchange Server protocols documentation set and the relationships between those protocols.

Reference

Specification Description
[MS-MCI]: Microsoft ZIP (MSZIP) Compression and Decompression Data Structure Specializes the MSZIP compressed data format, which is used for the encoding and decoding of MSZIP compressed data in cabinet files.
[MS-OXGLOS]: Exchange Server Protocols Master Glossary Provides the definitions for terms that are used in the Microsoft Exchange Server protocols documentation set.
[MS-OXPROPS]: Exchange Server Protocols Master Property List Specifies all properties used for communication between clients and servers, provides summary information about each property, and provides links to the documents in which the property value ranges and semantics are specified.
[MS-OXREF]: Exchange Server Protocols Master Reference Provides a list of the references that are included in the Exchange Server protocols documentation set.

Technical Specifications

Specification Description
[MS-NSPI]: Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) Protocol Specification Specifies the Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) Protocol, which provides messaging clients with a way to access and manipulate addressing data stored by a server. This protocol consists of an abstract data model and a single RPC call interface to manipulate data in that model.
[MS-OXABREF]: Address Book Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) Referral Protocol Specifies the Address Book Name Service Provider Interface Referral protocol, which redirects client address book requests to an appropriate address book server.
[MS-OXBBODY]: Best Body Retrieval Algorithm Specifies the Best Body Retrieval Algorithm, which provides a mechanism for efficient storage of message bodies.
[MS-OXCDATA]: Data Structures Specifies common data structures that are used in remote operations.
[MS-OXCEXT]: Client Extension Message Object Protocol Specifies the Client Extension Message Object Protocol, which allows clients to access Office Web Extension data stored in a mailbox.
[MS-OXCFOLD]: Folder Object Protocol Specifies the Folder Object protocol, which is used to handle folder operations.
[MS-OXCFXICS]: Bulk Data Transfer Protocol Specifies the Bulk Data Transfer protocol, which is responsible for the order and data flow that is used to transfer data between client and server.
[MS-OXCICAL]: iCalendar to Appointment Object Conversion Algorithm Specifies the iCalendar to Appointment Object Conversion Algorithm, which converts between IETF RFC2445, RFC2446, and RFC2447, and appointment and meeting objects.
[MS-OXCMAIL]: RFC 2822 and MIME to Email Object Conversion Protocol Specifies the RFC 2822 and MIME to Email Object Conversion protocol, which converts data from Internet standard email conventions to Message objects.
[MS-OXCMAPIHTTP]: Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) Extensions for HTTP Specifies the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) Extensions for HTTP, which enable a client to access personal messaging and directory data on a server by sending HTTP requests and receiving responses returned on the same HTTP connection. This protocol extends HTTP and HTTPS.
[MS-OXCNOTIF]: Core Notifications Protocol Specifies the Core Notifications protocol, which handles notifications that are sent to a client when specific server events occur.
[MS-OXCPERM]: Exchange Access and Operation Permissions Protocol Specifies the Exchange Access and Operation Permissions protocol, which handles the retrieval of folder permission lists that are stored on the server.
[MS-OXCPRPT]: Property and Stream Object Protocol Specifies the Property and Stream Object protocol, which sets, gets, and deletes data from a property set.
[MS-OXCROPS]: Remote Operations (ROP) List and Encoding Protocol Specifies the Remote Operations (ROP) List and Encoding protocol, which is used by the client to access and modify mailbox information on the server.
[MS-OXCRPC]: Wire Format Protocol Specifies the Wire Format protocol, which serves as the transport basis for client/server communications over RPC.
[MS-OXCSPAM]: Spam Confidence Level Protocol Specifies the Spam Confidence Level protocol, which enables the handling of allow/block lists and the determination of junk email messages.
[MS-OXCSTOR]: Store Object Protocol Specifies the Store Object protocol, which is 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-OXCTABL]: Table Object Protocol Specifies the Table Object protocol, which is used by a client to read and navigate through data that is retrieved in tabular format from the server.
[MS-OXDISCO]: Autodiscover HTTP Service Protocol Specifies the Autodiscover HTTP Service protocol, which extends the domain name system (DNS) and directory services to make the location and settings of mail servers available to clients.
[MS-OXDSCLI]: Autodiscover Publishing and Lookup Protocol Specifies the Autodiscover Publishing and Lookup protocol, which is used by clients to locate the Autodiscover HTTP service.
[MS-OXLDAP]: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3 Extensions Specifies extensions to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Version 3, which enables directory access.
[MS-OXOAB]: Offline Address Book (OAB) File Format and Schema Specifies the Offline Address Book (OAB) file format and schema, which is used for the local address book objects cache.
[MS-OXOABK]: Address Book Object Protocol Specifies the Address Book Object protocol, which defines the properties of various Address Book objects, and how the properties of Address Book objects interrelate.
[MS-OXOABKT]: Address Book User Interface Templates Protocol Specifies the Address Book User Interface Templates protocol, which defines the properties and operations that are permissible for address book templates.
[MS-OXOCAL]: Appointment and Meeting Object Protocol Specifies the Appointment and Meeting Object protocol, which extends the Message and Attachment Object protocol for use with calendaring.
[MS-OXOCFG]: Configuration Information Protocol Specifies the Configuration Information protocol, which allows a client to share overlapping application settings with a server.
[MS-OXOCNTC]: Contact Object Protocol Specifies the Contact Object protocol, which enables the handling of contacts and personal distribution lists.
[MS-OXODLGT]: Delegate Access Configuration Protocol Specifies the Delegate Access Configuration protocol, which allows a user to delegate the responsibility for his or her mailbox to another user.
[MS-OXODOC]: Document Object Protocol Specifies the Document Object protocol, which defines properties that allow a messaging client to store and display ordinary files.
[MS-OXOFLAG]: Informational Flagging Protocol Specifies the International Flagging protocol, which sets flagging-related properties on Message objects. These properties can then be used to identify flagged messages.
[MS-OXOJRNL]: Journal Object Protocol Specifies the Journal Object protocol, which enables the representation of journal entries in a messaging store.
[MS-OXOMSG]: Email Object Protocol Specifies the Email Object protocol, which handles the representation of email messages in a messaging store.
[MS-OXONOTE]: Note Object Protocol Specifies the Note Object protocol, which enables the representation of a simple text note in a messaging store.
[MS-OXOPFFB]: Public Folder-Based Free/Busy Protocol Specifies the Public Folder–Based Free/Busy protocol, which is used to publish the availability of a user or resource.
[MS-OXOPOST]: Post Object Protocol Specifies the Post Object protocol, which enables the representation of a bulletin board post in a messaging store.
[MS-OXORMDR]: Reminder Settings Protocol Specifies the Reminder Settings protocol, which allows the user or an agent who is acting on behalf of the user to associate a reminder with a given Message object, with the intention that a client will signal the user or agent when the signal time is reached.
[MS-OXORMMS]: Rights-Managed Email Object Protocol Specifies the Rights-Managed Email Object protocol, which is used by the client to create and consume a rights-managed email message.
[MS-OXORSS]: RSS Object Protocol Specifies the RSS Object protocol, which enables the representation of entries from RSS and Atom feeds.
[MS-OXORULE]: Email Rules Protocol Specifies the Email Rules protocol, which manipulates incoming email messages on a server.
[MS-OXOSFLD]: Special Folders Protocol Specifies the Special Folders Protocol, which specifies 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-OXOSMIME]: S/MIME Email Object Algorithm Specifies the S/MIME Email Object Algorithm, which handles the conversion of arbitrary clear-signed messages, and S/MIME opaque-signed and encrypted messages.
[MS-OXOSMMS]: Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Object Protocol Specifies the Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Object protocol, which defines properties of objects that model SMS and MMS messages.
[MS-OXOSRCH]: Search Folder List Configuration Protocol Specifies the Search Folder List Configuration protocol, which is used by the client to create, read, and execute search folders.
[MS-OXOTASK]: Task-Related Objects Protocol Specifies the Task-Related Objects protocol, which allows for the representation of task-related Message objects in a messaging store.
[MS-OXOUM]: Voice Mail and Fax Objects Protocol Specifies the Voice Mail and Fax Objects protocol, which provides the methods that are used by the server to manipulate Unified Messaging objects.
[MS-OXPFOAB]: Offline Address Book (OAB) Public Folder Retrieval Protocol Specifies the Offline Address Book (OAB) Public Folder Retrieval protocol, which provides a method for delivering OAB data from server to client.
[MS-OXPHISH]: Phishing Warning Protocol Specifies the Phishing Warning protocol, which identifies and marks email messages that are designed to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information (such as passwords and/or other personal information) to a non-trustworthy source.
[MS-OXPOP3]: Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) Extensions Specifies extensions to Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3), which enable the listing and downloading of mail.
[MS-OXPSVAL]: Email Postmark Validation Algorithm Specifies the Email Postmark Validation Algorithm, which creates and validates computational puzzles to reduce the effectiveness of junk email.
[MS-OXRTFCP]: Rich Text Format (RTF) Compression Algorithm Specifies the Rich Text Format (RTF) Compression Algorithm, which encodes and decodes a compressed stream in RTF message bodies.
[MS-OXRTFEX]: Rich Text Format (RTF) Extensions Algorithm Specifies the Rich Text Format (RTF) Extensions Algorithm, which extends the RTF method of encoding by enabling the encapsulation of additional content formats (such as HTML) within the RTF body property of messages and attachments.
[MS-OXSHARE]: Sharing Message Object Protocol Specifies the Sharing Message Object protocol, which shares mailbox folders between clients.
[MS-OXSHRMSG]: Sharing Message Attachment Schema Specifies the Sharing Message Attachment schema, which defines the schema for an XML document used to establish a sharing relationship between two servers on behalf of client applications.
[MS-OXSMTP]: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Mail Submission Extensions Specifies extensions to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (STMP) Mail Submission protocol, which are used to submit mail from a client to a server.
[MS-OXTNEF]: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) Data Algorithm Specifies the Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) Data Algorithm, which encodes and decodes Message and Attachment objects to an efficient stream representation.
[MS-OXWAVLS]: Availability Web Service Protocol Specifies the Availability Web Service protocol, which is used to request availability information for users and/or resources.
[MS-OXWCONFIG]: Web Service Configuration Protocol Specifies Web Service Configuration protocol, which is used to retrieve organization policy configuration information for a mailbox.
[MS-OXWMT]: Mail Tips Web Service Extensions Specifies extensions to the Mail Tips Web Service protocol, which retrieves mail tips for a mailbox.
[MS-OXWOAB]: Offline Address Book (OAB) Retrieval File Format Specifies the Offline Address Book (OAB) Retrieval file format, which delivers OAB data from server to client.
[MS-OXWOOF]: Out of Office (OOF) Web Service Protocol Specifies the Out of Office (OOF) Web Service protocol, which is used to configure server-based automatic email responses.
[MS-OXWSCDATA]: Common Web Service Data Types Specifies the Web service data types that are common to more than one Web service protocol.
[MS-OXWSCEXT]: Client Extension Web Service Protocol Specifies the Client Extension Web Service Protocol, which enables clients to use a web service to retrieve and disable client extensions.
[MS-OXWSCVTID]: Convert Item Identifier Web Service Protocol Specifies the Convert Identifier Web Service protocol, which enables a client to convert among the different identifier formats that can be used to locate items stored on the server.
[MS-OXWSGTRM]: Get Rooms List Web Service Protocol Specifies the Get Rooms List Web Service Protocol, which provides a client with a list of locations of meeting rooms within the server organization. This protocol also provides a client with the list of meeting rooms within a selected location room list.
[MS-OXWSITEMID]: Web Service Item ID Algorithm Specifies the Web Service Item ID Algorithm, which describes how to create and process an item identifier.
[MS-OXWSMSHR]: Folder Sharing Web Service Protocol Specifies the Folder Sharing Web Service protocol, which is responsible for managing Calendar folders that are shared between users in separate organizations.
[MS-OXWSOLPS]: Online Personal Search Web Service Protocol Specifies the Online Personal Search Protocol which supports full text search of a user’s online content. This can include mail, calendar, contacts, files and other items, depending on the configuration of the available services. In addition to query execution, the protocol supports the suggestion of query text from partial input, and the provision of dynamic refiners (filters) for search results.
[MS-OXWSSMBX]: Site Mailbox Web Service Protocol Specifies the Site Mailbox Web Service Protocol, which enables clients to use a web service to set the lifecycle state of a site mailbox or unpin it from the client.
[MS-OXWSURPT]: Retention Tag Web Service Protocol Specifies the Retention Tag Web Service Protocol, which enables clients to use a web service to retrieve retention policy information for items in a mailbox.
[MS-OXWUMS]: Voice Mail Settings Web Service Protocol Specifies the Voice Mail Settings Web Service protocol, which provides an extensibility point that enables clients to read and change information about Unified Messaging properties, play voice mail, or record greetings over the telephone.
[MS-PATCH]: LZX DELTA Compression and Decompression Specifies LZX Delta compression, which is a derivative of the Microsoft Cabinet LZX format with some modifications to facilitate efficient delta compression.
[MS-POP3]: NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication: Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3) Extension Specifies the Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3) Extension by describing the use of NTLM Authentication (see [MS-NLMP]) by the Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) to facilitate client authentication to a Windows POP3 server. POP3 specifies a protocol for the inquiry and retrieval of electronic mail.
[MS-STANOIMAP]: Outlook Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) Standards Support Specifies the level of support provided by the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for Microsoft Outlook 2010 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.
[MS-STANXIMAP]: Exchange Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) Standards Support Specifies the level of support provided by the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
[MS-STANXPOP3]: Exchange Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) Standards Support Specifies the level of support provided by the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) service for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
[MS-XJRNL]: Journal Record Message File Format Specifies the Journal Record Message file format, which provides an extension to accommodate journal record messages.
[MS-XLOGIN]: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) AUTH LOGIN Extension Specifies the AUTH LOGIN extension to the SMTP protocol, which supports a simple, base 64-encoded authentication mechanism.
[MS-XOAUTH]: OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol Extensions Specifies extensions to the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol, which extend the OAuth 2.0 Authentication Protocol: SharePoint Extensions and the JSON Web Token (JWT) to enable server-to-server authentication.