Using Autodiscover to get user settings
Last modified: December 10, 2012
Applies to: EWS Managed API | Exchange Server 2010
Note: This content applies to the EWS Managed API 2.0 and earlier versions. For the latest information about the EWS Managed API, see Web services in Exchange.
You can use the Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API to obtain the configuration settings for a user. The Autodiscover service returns only the configuration settings requested. If a requested setting is not implemented on the Exchange server, no element is returned.
The following table lists the possible user configuration settings that can be returned.
Configuration setting name |
Description |
---|---|
UserDisplayName |
The display name of the user. |
UserDN |
The legacy distinguished name of the user. |
UserDeploymentId |
The deployment identifier of the user. |
InternalMailboxServer |
The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the mailbox server. |
InternalRpcClientServer |
The FQDN of the RPC client server. |
InternalMailboxServerDN |
The legacy distinguished name of the mailbox server. |
InternalEcpUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel. |
InternalEcpVoicemailUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel for voice-mail customization. |
InternalEcpEmailSubscriptionsUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel for e-mail subscriptions. |
InternalEcpTextMessagingUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel for text messaging. |
InternalEcpDeliveryReportUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel for delivery reports. |
InternalEcpRetentionPolicyTagsUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel for retention policy tags. |
InternalEcpPublishingUrl |
The internal URL of the Exchange Control Panel for publishing. |
InternalEwsUrl |
The internal URL of Exchange Web Services. |
InternalOABUrl |
The internal URL of the offline address book (OAB). |
InternalUMUrl |
The internal URL of the Unified Messaging services. |
InternalWebClientUrls |
The internal URLs of the Exchange Web client. |
MailboxDN |
The distinguished name of the mailbox database of the user's mailbox. |
PublicFolderServer |
The name of the Public Folders server. |
ActiveDirectoryServer |
The name of the Active Directory server. |
ExternalMailboxServer |
The name of the RPC over HTTP server. |
ExternalMailboxServerRequiresSSL |
Indicates whether the RPC over HTTP server requires SSL. |
ExternalMailboxServerAuthenticationMethods |
The authentication methods that are supported by the RPC over HTTP server. |
EcpVoicemailUrlFragment |
The URL fragment of the Exchange Control Panel for voice mail Customization. |
EcpEmailSubscriptionsUrlFragment |
The URL fragment of the Exchange Control Panel for e-mail Subscriptions. |
EcpTextMessagingUrlFragment |
The URL fragment of the Exchange Control Panel for text messaging. |
EcpDeliveryReportUrlFragment |
The URL fragment of the Exchange Control Panel for delivery reports. |
EcpRetentionPolicyTagsUrlFragment |
The URL fragment of the Exchange Control Panel for retention policy tags. |
EcpPublishingUrlFragment |
The URL fragment of the Exchange Control Panel for publishing. |
ExternalEcpUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel. |
ExternalEcpVoicemailUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel for voice mail customization. |
ExternalEcpEmailSubscriptionsUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel for e-mail subscriptions. |
ExternalEcpTextMessagingUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel for text messaging. |
ExternalEcpDeliveryReportUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel for delivery reports. |
ExternalEcpRetentionPolicyTagsUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel for retention policy tags. |
ExternalEcpPublishingUrl |
The external URL of the Exchange Control Panel for Publishing. |
ExternalEwsUrl |
The external URL of Exchange Web Services. |
ExternalOABUrl |
The external URL of the offline address book (OAB). |
ExternalUMUrl |
The external URL of the Unified Messaging services. |
ExternalWebClientUrls |
The external URLs of the Exchange Web client. |
CrossOrganizationSharingEnabled |
Indicates that cross-organization sharing is enabled. |
AlternateMailboxes |
The collection of alternate mailboxes. |
CasVersion |
The version of the Client Access server that is serving the request (for example, 14.XX.YYYY.ZZZ) |
EwsSupportedSchemas |
A comma-separated list of schema versions supported by Exchange Web Services. The schema version values will be the same as the values of the ExchangeServerVersion enumeration. |
InternalPop3Connections |
The internal connection settings list for the POP3 protocol. |
ExternalPop3Connections |
The external connection settings list for the POP3 protocol. |
InternalImap4Connections |
The internal connection settings list for the IMAP4 protocol. |
ExternalImap4Connections |
The external connection settings list for the IMAP4 protocol. |
InternalSmtpConnections |
The internal connection settings list for the SMTP protocol. |
ExternalSmtpConnections |
The external connection settings list for the SMTP protocol. |
ExchangeRpcUrl |
The URL of the remote procedure call (RPC) interface to the server. |
ExternalEwsVersion |
The version of the external Exchange Web Services server. |
MobileMailboxPolicy |
Mobile Mailbox policy settings. |
To get the user settings
Use the GetUserSettings method to generate the request that retrieves configuration information for a user, as shown in the following example. In this example, only some of the possible user settings are requested, and only the requested settings are returned from the server.
AutodiscoverService autodiscoverService = new AutodiscoverService("domain.contoso.com"); autodiscoverService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("User1", "password", "domain.contoso.com"); // Submit a request and get the settings. The response contains only the // setttings that are requested, if they exist. GetUserSettingsResponse userresponse = autodiscoverService.GetUserSettings( "User1@Contoso.com", UserSettingName.UserDN, UserSettingName.UserDeploymentId, UserSettingName.InternalMailboxServer, UserSettingName.MailboxDN, UserSettingName.PublicFolderServer, UserSettingName.ActiveDirectoryServer, UserSettingName.ExternalMailboxServer, UserSettingName.EcpDeliveryReportUrlFragment, UserSettingName.EcpPublishingUrlFragment, UserSettingName.EcpTextMessagingUrlFragment, UserSettingName.ExternalEwsUrl, UserSettingName.CasVersion, UserSettingName.EwsSupportedSchemas);
Parse the collection to display each element of the returned key value pair. The following example shows how to parse through each returned element and display the name and value of each key value pair.
// Display each retrieved value. The settings are part of a key value pair. foreach (KeyValuePair<UserSettingName, Object> usersetting in userresponse.Settings) { Console.WriteLine(usersetting.Key.ToString() + ": " + usersetting.Value); }
Alternatively, you can obtain the value of a specific element. In the following example, the UserDisplayName setting is to be displayed.
// Display a specific setting, such as UserDisplayName. Console.WriteLine(userresponse.Settings[UserSettingName.UserDisplayName]);
Example
The following example shows how to create an AutodiscoverService object and uses the GetUserSetting method to obtain and display a user's configuration settings.
AutodiscoverService autodiscoverService = new AutodiscoverService("domain.contoso.com");
autodiscoverService.Credentials = new WebCredentials("User1", "password", "domain.contoso.com");
// Get the user settings.
// Submit a request and get the settings. The response contains only the
// settings that are requested, if they exist.
GetUserSettingsResponse userresponse = autodiscoverService.GetUserSettings(
"User1@Contoso.com",
UserSettingName.UserDN,
UserSettingName.UserDeploymentId,
UserSettingName.InternalMailboxServer,
UserSettingName.MailboxDN,
UserSettingName.PublicFolderServer,
UserSettingName.ActiveDirectoryServer,
UserSettingName.ExternalMailboxServer,
UserSettingName.EcpDeliveryReportUrlFragment,
UserSettingName.EcpPublishingUrlFragment,
UserSettingName.EcpTextMessagingUrlFragment,
UserSettingName.ExternalEwsUrl,
UserSettingName.CasVersion,
UserSettingName.EwsSupportedSchemas);
// Display each retrieved value. The settings are part of a key value pair.
foreach (KeyValuePair<UserSettingName, Object> usersetting in userresponse.Settings)
{
Console.WriteLine(usersetting.Key.ToString() + ": " + usersetting.Value);
}
The following example shows the XML request that is sent by the client to the server when the client submits an Autodiscover request.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:a="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/Autodiscover"
xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:soap="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Header>
<a:RequestedServerVersion>Exchange2010</a:RequestedServerVersion>
<wsa:Action>https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/Autodiscover/Autodiscover/GetUserSettings</wsa:Action>
<wsa:To>https://autodiscover.exchange.microsoft.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.svc</wsa:To>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body>
<a:GetUserSettingsRequestMessage xmlns:a="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/Autodiscover">
<a:Request>
<a:Users>
<a:User>
<a:Mailbox>User1@Contoso.com</a:Mailbox>
</a:User>
</a:Users>
<a:RequestedSettings>
<a:Setting>UserDisplayName</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>UserDN</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>UserDeploymentId</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>InternalMailboxServer</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>MailboxDN</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>PublicFolderServer</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>ActiveDirectoryServer</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>ExternalMailboxServer</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>EcpDeliveryReportUrlFragment</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>EcpPublishingUrlFragment</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>EcpTextMessagingUrlFragment</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>ExternalEwsUrl</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>CasVersion</a:Setting>
<a:Setting>EwsSupportedSchemas</a:Setting>
</a:RequestedSettings>
</a:Request>
</a:GetUserSettingsRequestMessage>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
The following example shows the XML response that is returned by the server after it parses the request from the client.
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
<s:Header>
<a:Action s:mustUnderstand="1">https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/
Autodiscover/Autodiscover/GetUserSettingsResponse</a:Action>
<h:ServerVersionInfo xmlns:h="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/Autodiscover"
xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<h:MajorVersion>14</h:MajorVersion>
<h:MinorVersion>1</h:MinorVersion>
<h:MajorBuildNumber>160</h:MajorBuildNumber>
<h:MinorBuildNumber>4</h:MinorBuildNumber>
<h:Version>Exchange2010_SP1</h:Version>
</h:ServerVersionInfo>
</s:Header>
<s:Body>
<GetUserSettingsResponseMessage xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/Autodiscover">
<Response xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ErrorCode>NoError</ErrorCode>
<ErrorMessage />
<UserResponses>
<UserResponse>
<ErrorCode>NoError</ErrorCode>
<ErrorMessage>No error.</ErrorMessage>
<RedirectTarget i:nil="true" />
<UserSettingErrors />
<UserSettings>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>UserDisplayName</Name>
<Value>User 1</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>UserDN</Name>
<Value>/o=microsoft/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=User1</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>UserDeploymentId</Name>
<Value>649d50b8-a1ce-4bac-8ace-2321e463f701</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>CasVersion</Name>
<Value>14.01.0160.004</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>EwsSupportedSchemas</Name>
<Value>Exchange2007, Exchange2007_SP1, Exchange2010, Exchange2010_SP1, Exchange2010_SP2</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>InternalMailboxServer</Name>
<Value>DF-M14-05.Contoso.com</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>ActiveDirectoryServer</Name>
<Value>CO1-EXCH-DC-02.Contoso.com</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>MailboxDN</Name>
<Value>/o=microsoft/ou=Exchange Administrative Group
(FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=server.Contoso.com/cn=Contoso Private MDB</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>PublicFolderServer</Name>
<Value>DF-P14-01.Contoso.com</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>EcpDeliveryReportUrlFragment</Name>
<Value>PersonalSettings/DeliveryReport.aspx?exsvurl=1&IsOWA=<IsOWA>&MsgID=<MsgID>&Mbx=<Mbx></Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>EcpTextMessagingUrlFragment</Name>
<Value>?p=sms/textmessaging.slab&exsvurl=1</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>EcpPublishingUrlFragment</Name>
<Value>customize/calendarpublishing.slab?exsvurl=1&FldID=<FldID></Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>ExternalEwsUrl</Name>
<Value>https://mail.exchange.microsoft.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</Value>
</UserSetting>
<UserSetting i:type="StringSetting">
<Name>ExternalMailboxServer</Name>
<Value>mail.Contoso.com</Value>
</UserSetting>
</UserSettings>
</UserResponse>
</UserResponses>
</Response>
</GetUserSettingsResponseMessage>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope
Compiling the code
For information about compiling this code, see Getting started with the EWS Managed API 2.0.
Robust programming
Write appropriate error handling code for common search errors.
Review the client request XML that is sent to the Exchange server.
Review the server response XML that is sent from the Exchange server.
Set the service binding as shown in Setting the Exchange service URL by using the EWS Managed API 2.0. Do not hard code URLs because if mailboxes move, they might be serviced by a different Client Access server. If the client cannot connect to the service, retry setting the binding by using the AutodiscoverUrl(String) method.
Set the target Exchange Web Services schema version by setting the requestedServerVersion parameter of the ExchangeService constructor. For more information, see Versioning EWS requests by using the EWS Managed API 2.0.
Security
Use HTTP with SSL for all communication between client and server.
Always validate the server certificate that is used for establishing the SSL connections. For more information, see Validating X509 certificates by using the EWS Managed API 2.0.
Do not include user names and passwords in trace files.
Verify that Autodiscover lookups that use HTTP GET to find an endpoint always prompt for user confirmation; otherwise, they should be blocked.
See also