AlternateId

Last modified: September 29, 2010

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 | Exchange Server 2010

The AlternateId element describes an identifier to convert in a request and the results of a converted identifier in the response.

<AlternateId Id="" Format="" Mailbox="" IsArchive=""/>

AlternateIdType

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute

Description

Id

Describes the source identifier in a ConvertId Operation request and describes the destination identifier in a ConvertId Operation response.

Format

Describes the source format in a ConvertId Operation request and describes the destination format in a ConvertId Operation response. The destination format is described by the DestinationFormat attribute of the ConvertId element in the request. This attribute is of type IdFormatType.

Mailbox

Describes the mailbox primary Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) address that contains the identifiers to translate.

IsArchive

Indicates whether the identifier represents an archived item or folder. A value of true indicates that the identifier represents an archived item or folder. This attribute is optional.

Format Attribute Values

Value

Description

EwsLegacyId

Describes identifiers that are produced by Exchange Web Services in the initial release version of Exchange 2007.

EwsId

Describes identifiers that are produced by Exchange Web Services starting with Exchange 2007 SP1.

EntryId

Describes MAPI identifiers, as in the PR_ENTRYID property.

HexEntryId

Describes a hexadecimal-encoded representation of the PR_ENTRYID property. This is the format of availability calendar event identifiers.

StoreId

Describes Exchange store identifiers.

OwaId

Describes an Outlook Web App identifier.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

ConvertIdResponseMessage

Contains the status and result of a ConvertId Operation request.

SourceIds

Contains the source identifiers to convert.

Text Value

None.

Remarks

The AlternateId element describes two identifiers, the source identifier that is to be converted in the ConvertId Operation request, and the converted identifier in the ConvertIdResponse element.

The schema that describes this element is located in the IIS virtual directory that hosts Exchange Web Services of the Client Access server.

Element Information

Namespace

https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages

https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types

Schema Name

Messages schema

Types schema

Validation File

Messages.xsd

Types.xsd

Can be Empty

False

False