Overview

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

CDOEXM consists of both COM objects and interfaces on other COM objects. The objects allow you to manage the Exchange 2000 Server and information stores. The interfaces on other COM objects allow you to manage recipients. These interfaces are aggregated into ADSI and CDO objects that are capable of functioning as recipients.

All CDOEXM interfaces are dual and thus support scripting.

See Managing the Exchange Server for the management objects.

See Managing Mail Recipients for the aggregated interfaces.

Typical uses

With CDOEXM you can develop applications such as the following:

Business Critical Applications. Business applications can use the management tools to programmatically manage an information store and related recipients according to business logic or business rules.

System Administration. System administrators can build custom programs to perform tasks such as moving items in an information store, mounting a public store, enabling recipients, moving recipients, changing forwarding addresses, and so on. These programs can be built quickly using the recipient management interfaces.

MMC Snap-ins. CDOEXM is intended for use in developing your own MMC snap-ins for Exchange.

Remote Management. CDOEXM can be used to develop server-side objects that can manage the Exchange 2000 Server. These management objects can be invoked remotely using ASP pages.

Automated Services. Automatic services can use CDOEXM. One such tool could service Web-based clients to allow them to register in a Web Store as new users, grant them access to public stores, and give them mailboxes.