What's New for Providers
Applies to: Office 2007 | Outlook 2010 | SharePoint Server 2010
This topic presents a comparison of the features available in Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC) 1.1 and OSC 1.0. It also describes interface members and XML elements that have been added, changed, or deprecated.
Providers should consider taking advantage of the on-demand synchronization features added to OSC 1.1. Providers written to the OSC 1.1 specification must ensure that the OSC 1.1 core engine is installed. Providers written to the OSC 1.0 specification will continue to run with the OSC 1.1 core engine, with changes to how the ISocialSession::GetActivities method and the dynamicActivitiesLookup element are supported in OSC 1.1. For more information, see the topic for the ISocialSession::GetActivities method.
The following table shows the availability of various features in OSC 1.1 and OSC 1.0.
Feature |
OSC 1.1 |
OSC 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
Basic authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Forms-based authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Cached authentication |
Yes |
Yes |
Cached sync for friends to contacts folder on default store |
Yes |
Yes |
Cached activities sync for friends to hidden Newsfeed folder |
Yes |
Yes |
On-demand sync (picture, name, title) for friends and non-friends on network |
Yes |
No |
On-demand activities sync for friends and non-friends on network |
Yes |
No |
Follow on network |
Yes |
Yes |
Do not follow on network |
Yes |
Yes |
Click network badge to visit user profile page |
Yes |
Yes |
Privacy settings (for example, to display profile and activities of non-friends) |
Yes |
No |
Hashed email addresses passed to provider |
Yes |
No |
Changes from the Previous Version of OSC Provider Extensibility
The following table shows the members that have been added or deprecated from the corresponding interface.
Interface and member |
Comment |
|---|---|
ISocialSession::GetActivities |
Deprecated in OSC 1.1. |
Interface added in OSC 1.1. |
|
Added in OSC 1.1. |
|
Added in OSC 1.1. |
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Added in OSC 1.1. |
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Added in OSC 1.1. |
The following table shows the schema elements that have changed.
Schema element |
Comment |
|---|---|
capabilities |
Added in OSC 1.1: dynamicActivitiesLookupEx, dynamicContactsLookup, useLogonCached, hideRememberMyPassword, createAccountUrl, forgotPasswordUrl, showOnDemandActivitiesWhenMinimized, showOnDemandContactsWhenMinimized, and hashFunction elements. dynamicActivitiesLookup is deprecated in OSC 1.1. |
hashedAddresses |
Added in OSC 1.1. |
templatevariableType |
Changed type of value element from xs:anyURI to xs:string. |
xmlns |
Changed xmlns attribute for OSC 1.1. |
See Also
Concepts
Other Resources
Getting Started with Developing an Outlook Social Connector Provider