Introduction
Introduction
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CDO for Exchange Management (CDOEXM) is a collection of Component Object Model (COM) classes and interfaces aggregated into Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) and Active Directory® Service Interfaces (ADSI) classes. You can use CDOEXM to manage Microsoft® Exchange servers, mailbox stores, public stores, public folder trees, storage groups, and Exchange recipients (users, contacts, and groups) programmatically. You can use CDOEXM objects on your server. On computers where the Exchange Management components are installed, you can manage Exchange remotely. You can use CDO to work with items in the stores.
CDOEXM encapsulates and simplifies many programmatic tasks that are specific to managing Exchange Server 2003. Interfaces aggregated into CDO and ADSI classes allow you to manage recipients and their mailboxes. CDOEXM can be used either on the same computer as Exchange Server 2003 or remotely on computers that have the Exchange Management components installed.
CDOEXM allows you to develop applications such as the following:
Business Critical Applications
Business applications can use the management tools to manage Exchange store information and recipients programmatically, according to business logic or business rules.
System Administration
System administrators can build custom programs to move mailboxes between MDBs, mount public stores, create and enable recipients, move mailboxes, change forwarding addresses, and so on. You can build these programs quickly by using the recipient management interfaces.
MMC Snap-ins
CDOEXM is intended for use in developing your own Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins for Exchange.
Remote Management
You can use CDOEXM to develop server-side objects to manage Exchange 2000 Server. These management objects can be invoked remotely by using ASP pages.
Automated Services
Automatic services (or tools) can use CDOEXM. An example is a tool that uses CDOEXM to service Web-based clients, allowing them to register as new users in an Exchange store, granting them access to public stores, and giving them mailboxes.
The following sections provide more background information about managing Exchange programmatically.
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