AlternateId

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.

Element information

Element Example Type
Namespace
http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages
http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema Name
Messages schema
Types schema
Validation File
Messages.xsd
Types.xsd
Can be Empty
False
False

See also