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Removed and Deprecated Developer Features
Feb. 19, 2007

Chart lists developer technologies that are either removed from Exchange 2007 or likely to be removed in future versions.

Technology Description Status
CDO for Exchange Management (CDOEXM) Managing and configuring servers and mailboxes Replaced by PowerShell
Exchange WMI classes Health and status monitoring Replaced by PowerShell
Collaborative Data Objects for Exchange (CDOEX) Access to mailbox data; COM-based Supported, but migration to Exchange Web Services (EWS) encouraged
MAPI Access to mailbox data, Win32-based Supported, but migration to EWS encouraged
Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Access to mailbox data; Web-based Supported, but migration to EWS encouraged
Exchange OLE DB Provider Access to mailbox data as a relational database Supported, but migration to EWS encouraged
CDO for Exchange Workflow (CDOWF) Customizing message routing Replaced by Windows Workflow Foundation, SharePoint Services
Protocol event sinks Customizing low-level message routing Replaced by .NET Transport Agents
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