GivenName

The GivenName element contains a contact's given name.

<GivenName/>

string

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Element	Description
Contact	Represents an Exchange contact item.

Text value

A text value that represents a contact's given name is required if this element is used.

Remarks

A given name is usually a person's first name.

The schema that describes this element is located in the EWS virtual directory of the computer that is running MicrosoftExchange Server 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.

Element information

Element	Type
Namespace	http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema name	Types schema
Validation file	Types.xsd
Can be empty	False

See also

• EWS XML elements in Exchange

Creating Contacts (Exchange Web Services)

Updating Contacts

Deleting Contacts