MOC-1251 Programming Microsoft Exchange Collaboration Data Objects (CDO)

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Programming with MS Exchange Collaboration Data Objects
Moc 1251

Introduction

This course provides students with an understanding of the Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) and CDO Rendering libraries. Using this understanding, they will be able to create powerful collaboration applications using the Microsoft® Visual Basic® programming system and/or active server pages (ASP).

At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe the functionality of the CDO libraries.
• Describe and use the ASP object model.
• Create and debug server-side scripts.
• Create and distribute powerful collaboration solutions built using the Microsoft Visual InterDev™ Web development system, CDO, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, and ActiveX® controls.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course does not map directly to certification. However, it does have an assessment exam.

Prerequisites

Before beginning this course, students should be able to:

• Basic experience with Visual InterDev
• Strong familiarity with:
• Visual Basic or Visual Basic Scripting Edition
• Active server pages

Course Outline

Module 1: Fundamentals of Collaboration Data Objects

Introduction to Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects
Synopsis of CDO technology
Programming interface to (MAPI)
Functionality and installation of CDO libraries
Creating CDO applications and components
CDO/NTS vs. CDO
Comparison of MAPI services and CDO
Summary of programming interfaces for MAPI
Comparison of MAPI controls and CDO library capabilities

Module 2: CDO Development Environments

Synopsis of ASP (Active Server Pages) technology
Developing CDO applications in ASP
ASP object model
Introduction to Automation
Using the Global.asa file
Developing CDO applications using Visual InterDev and Visual Basic
Visual InterDev development environment
Creating a Web project using Web project wizards
Using Visual InterDev to create CDO applications
Using Visual Basic to create components for CDO applications
Microsoft Windows® Distributed interNet Applications Architecture (Windows DNA)

Module 3: CDO Library Session and Folder Objects

Synopsis of the CDO library
CDO library hierarchy
Summary of the CDO library object functions
The Session object
Session object functionality
Session object properties
Session object methods
Creating Session objects with existing profiles
Creating Session objects with dynamic profiles
Using an existing Session object
CDO access methods
Folder object
Folder object functionality
Using the Folder object properties
Using the Folder object methods
Working with folders

Module 4: Using CDO Library Collections

Using the Messages collection
Creating and sending messages using the Messages collection
Creating and using the AppointmentItem object
Accessing and changing the AppointmentItem object
Creating a recurring appointment
Changing an AppointmentItem object's recurrence properties
Creating and obtaining MeetingItem objects
Modifying and using MeetingItem objects
Child objects of the Messages collection
The Attachments collection
The MessageFilter object
Using the Message Filter objects
Using the InfoStores collection
Functionality of the InfoStores collection
Properties and methods of the InfoStores collection
Using the AddressLists collection
Functionality of the AddressEntries collection
Properties and objects of the AddressLists collection

Module 5: CDO Rendering Library

Creating and using CDO Rendering library objects
Hierarchy of the RenderingApplication object synopsis of the rendering process
Creating the RenderingApplication object
Configuring the Formats collections
Rendering a ContainerRenderer object and its contents
Creating and using CDO Rendering library collections
Common attributes of collections
Creating and using the views in the Views collection
Columns collection
Formats collection
Using Format objects to render message properties
Patterns collection
WILDMAT pattern matching

Module 6: Using the Microsoft Exchange Server Scripting Agent

Introduction to the Microsoft Exchange Server Scripting Agent
Architecture of the Scripting Agent
Functionality of the Scripting Agent
Folder event processing and event handling
Using the Scripting Agent
Scripting Agent events
Event service intrinsic objects
Creating event scripts
Debugging scripts
Binding an agent to a server
Security considerations for scripts
Exchange Server security considerations
Incorporating Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Functionality of custom agents