FYI: Exchange 2007, New Features, Discontinued Features, and De-Emphasized Functionality
There are some new posts on Tech Net regarding Microsoft Exchange 2007...
Discontinued Features and De-Emphasized Functionality
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/e2k7help/79df6a3a-29a8-4935-b143-8a66c8d082d4.mspx?mfr=true
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998911.aspx
Here are the development features that are discontinued…
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APIs and Development Features
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Here are the development features that are de-emphasized…
“There are legacy Exchange features that are now being deemphasized in Exchange 2007:
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Public folders - Free/busy calendaring functionality is provided by the Availability service. If you need additional functionality, migrate to SharePoint Portal Server or a similar product. |
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Proxy address generators - Use the Exchange Management Shell. |
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CDO 1.2.1 - This functionality is provided by the Exchange Web Services. |
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MAPI32 - This functionality is provided by the Exchange Web Services. |
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CDOEX (CDO 3.0) - This functionality is provided by the Exchange Web Services. |
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Exchange WebDAV extensions - This functionality is provided by the Exchange Web Services. |
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ExOLEDB - This functionality is provided by the Exchange Web Services. |
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Store events - This functionality is provided by the Notification Web service. |
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Streaming backup APIs. |
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Exchange 2003 Virus Scanning Application Programming Interface (VSAPI).” |
Keep in mind that de-emphasized features will still be supported to work on or against Exchange 2007 but we will strongly discourage you from writing new solutions that use these APIs.
New Development Functionality
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/e2k7help/79df6a3a-29a8-4935-b143-8a66c8d082d4.mspx?mfr=true
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998811.aspx?wt.svl=overview
The new development technologies are those that you have problem already heard of, Exchange Web Services (use in place of MAPI, WebDAV, CDO 1.21, CDOEX, and Exchange Store Event Sinks), Transport Agents (use in place of SMTP Event Sinks and the Virus Scan API), Exchange Managed APIs (use in place of CDOSYS, MAPI, and CDOEX), and the Exchange Management Shell (use in place of CDOEXM).
Exchange 2007 SDK
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/exchanchor/htms/msexchsvr_e2k7_sdk.asp
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb418726.aspx
Updated 1/22/2009 – Fixed some broken links.