Chapter 23 -- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Microsoft Web Storage System

Chapter 23

About This Chapter

The Microsoft Web Storage System is an innovative approach to integrate the Information Store service of Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server with Web-based technologies, such as HTTP, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Object Linking and Embedding Database (OLE DB), and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). The Web Storage System extends the accessibility of the Information Store and provides a means to platform-independent messaging, information management, and high-productivity workgroup and workflow computing. Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), for instance, is based on the Web Storage System.

The Web Storage System supports advanced collaboration technologies, such as electronic forms and store events. Because Exchange 2000 Server is based on semistructured databases (a flexible database schema), the Web Storage System can accommodate all possible data types, such as messages, documents, contacts, appointments, audio, video, HTML files, and Active Server Pages (ASPs). The Software Development Kit (SDK) for Exchange 2000 Server contains a set of development tools that enable you to quickly design powerful Web-based business solutions.

This chapter concentrates on an introduction to the Web Storage System. Lesson 1 covers essential information for administrators. Lesson 2 briefly discusses how to use the features of the Web Storage System to build customized enterprise applications.

Before You Begin

To complete this chapter:

• Prepare your test environment according to the descriptions given in the "Chapter 22, "Microsoft Outlook Web Access."
• You need to be familiar with OWA of Exchange 2000 Server, as explained in Chapter 22, "Microsoft Outlook Web Access."
• You should have a general understanding about the essential Exchange 2000 components and their interaction with each other, as covered in Chapter 3, "Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Architecture."