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Component Object Model (COM+) Technical Documentation Technical Documentation Presentation Layer Services Technical Documentation Component Object Model Plus (COM+) Event System Protocol Active Directory Protocols Overview Open Data Protocol (OData) Transport Layer Security (TLS) Profile Windows System Overview Component Object Model Plus (COM+) Protocol Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Schema WCF-Based Encrypted Server Administration and Notification Protocol Session Layer Services Windows Protocols Overview Component Object Model Plus (COM+) Queued Components Protocol Active Directory Schema Attributes A-L Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Protocol Windows Overview Application Component Object Model Plus (COM+) Remote Administration Protocol Directory Active Directory Schema Attributes M General HomeGroup Protocol Supplemental Shared Abstract Data Model Elements Component Object Model Plus (COM+) Tracker Service Protocol Active Directory Schema Attributes N-Z Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP) Version 4.0 Windows Data Types Services General Application Services Services Active Directory Schema Classes Services Peer-to-Peer Graphing Protocol Documents Windows Error Codes ASP.NET State Server Protocol Active Directory Technical Specification Peer-to-Peer Grouping Security Protocol Windows Language Code Identifier (LCID) Reference IManagedObject Interface Protocol Active Directory Web Services: Custom Action Protocol Technical Documentation Remote Procedure Call Location Services Extensions Windows Protocols Documentation Roadmap OLE Automation Protocol Active Directory Web Services: Data Model and Common Elements Distributed Routing Table (DRT) Version 1.0 Remote Procedure Call over HTTP Protocol Windows Protocols Master Glossary SOAP Over WebSocket Protocol Binding Directory Replication Service (DRS) Protocol Extensions for SMTP Distributed Routing Table Derived Key Security Profile Remote Procedure Call Protocol Extensions Windows Protocols Master Reference Directory Replication Service (DRS) Remote Protocol Windows Protocols Unicode Reference Tabular Data Stream Protocol Peer Channel Custom Resolver Protocol Transport Layer Services Directory Services Setup Remote Protocol Tracing HTTP Correlation Header Protocol Home Peer Channel Protocol IP over HTTPS (IP-HTTPS) Tunneling Protocol Web Services: Policy Assertions and WSDL Extensions Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) Remote Protocol Publication Services Data Structure Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Protocol Local Security Authority (Translation Methods) Remote Protocol Server General Systems Management Workflow Instance Management Protocol Security Account Manager (SAM) Remote Protocol (Client-to-Server) Technical Documentation Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Peer-Caching: Content Retrieval Protocol WS-ReliableMessaging Protocol: Advanced Flow Control Extension Security Account Manager (SAM) Remote Protocol (Server-to-Server) Remote Desktop Services Protocols Overview Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Peer-Caching: Peer Authentication Protocol WS-ReliableMessaging Protocol: Reliable Request-Reply Extension WS-Enumeration: Directory Services Protocol Extensions Technical Documentation Remote Desktop Protocol: Audio Input Redirection Virtual Channel Extension Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Peer-Caching: Peer Discovery Protocol Xpress Compression Algorithm WS-Transfer and WS-Enumeration Protocol Extension for Lightweight Internet Information Services (IIS) Application Host COM Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Audio Level and Drive Letter Persistence Virtual Channel Extension Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Upload Protocol Directory Access Protocol v3 Controls Internet Information Services (IIS) IMSAdminBaseW Remote Protocol Systems Internet Information Services (IIS) Device Media Control Protocol WS-Transfer: Identity Management Operations for Directory Access Extensions Internet Internet Information Services (IIS) Inetinfo Remote Protocol Remote Remote Desktop Protocol: Audio Output Virtual Channel Extension Internet Information Services (IIS) Application Host COM Protocol Device Services Lightweight Remoting Protocol Internet Information Services (IIS) ServiceControl Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Basic Connectivity and Graphics Remoting Management Internet Information Services (IIS) IMSAdminBaseW Remote Protocol Information Connectivity Remote Desktop Protocol: Clipboard Virtual Channel Extension Device Session Monitoring Protocol Internet Information Services (IIS) Inetinfo Remote Protocol Services (IIS) Remote Desktop Protocol: Composited Remoting V2 Device Session Property Access Protocol Internet Information Services (IIS) ServiceControl Protocol Failover Clustering Remote Desktop Protocol: Desktop Composition Virtual Channel Extension Device Trust Agreement Protocol Message Queuing Failover Cluster: Management API (ClusAPI) Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Display Update Virtual Channel Extension Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS): Size Negotiation Extension Failover Cluster: Setup and Validation Protocol (ClusPrep) Message Queuing Protocols Overview Technical Documentation Remote Desktop Protocol: Dynamic Channel Virtual Channel Extension Network Time Protocol (NTP) Authentication Extensions Server Cluster: Configuration (ClusCfg) Protocol Message Queuing (MSMQ): ActiveX Client Protocol DirectPlay 4 Protocol: Core and Service Providers Remote Desktop Protocol: File System Virtual Channel Extension Remote Assistance Initiation over PNRP Protocol Message Queuing (MSMQ): Binary Reliable Message Routing Algorithm Failover DirectPlay 4 Protocol: Reliable Remote Desktop Protocol: Geometry Tracking Virtual Channel Protocol Extension Remote Assistance Initiation Protocol Message Queuing (MSMQ): Common Data Model and Processing Rules Clustering DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Core and Service Providers Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Acceleration Extensions Remote Assistance Protocol Message Queuing (MSMQ): Data Structures Multiplayer DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Host and Port Enumeration Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Pipeline Extension Remote Experience Advertisement Protocol Message Queuing (MSMQ): Directory Service Change Notification Protocol DirectPlay 8 Protocol: NAT Locator Remote Desktop Protocol: Input Virtual Channel Extension Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) Protocol Message Queuing (MSMQ): Directory Service Discovery Protocol Games DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable Remote Desktop Protocol: Licensing Extension Routing and Remote Access Server (RRAS) Management Protocol Content Caching and Retrieval Message Queuing (MSMQ): Directory Service Protocol DirectPlay DXDiag Usage Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Multiparty Virtual Channel Extension Service Control Manager Remote Protocol Content Caching and Retrieval Protocols Overview Message Queuing (MSMQ): Directory Service Schema Mapping DirectPlay Voice Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Multitransport Extension Software Quality Metrics (SQM) Client-to-Service Version 1 Protocol Peer Content Caching and Retrieval: Content Identification Message Queuing (MSMQ): Message Queuing Binary Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: NSCodec Extension Software Quality Metrics (SQM) Client-to-Service Version 2 Protocol File, Fax, Peer Content Caching and Retrieval: Discovery Protocol .NET Framework Message Queuing (MSMQ): Queue Manager Client Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Plug and Play Devices Virtual Channel Extension SSDP: Networked Home Entertainment Devices (NHED) Extensions Print, and Peer Content Caching and Retrieval: Hosted Cache Protocol Microsoft .NET Framework Protocols Overview Message Queuing (MSMQ): Queue Manager Management Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Print Virtual Channel Extension Telemetry Protocol XML Schema Peer Content Caching and Retrieval: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Extensions .NET Binary Format: SOAP Data Structure Message Queuing (MSMQ): Queue Manager Remote Read Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Remote Programs Virtual Channel Extension Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Virtual Smart Card Management Protocol Scan Services Peer Content Caching and Retrieval: Retrieval Protocol .NET Binary Format: SOAP Extension Message Queuing (MSMQ): Queue Manager to Queue Manager Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: RemoteFX Codec Extension Update Agent Management Protocol Fax Services .NET Binary Format: XML Data Structure Message Queuing (MSMQ): SOAP Reliable Messaging Protocol (SRMP) Remote Desktop Protocol: Serial and Parallel Port Virtual Channel Extension UPnP Device and Service Templates: Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Extensions Fax Server and Client Remote Protocol .NET Context Exchange Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Session Selection Extension Windows Remote Registry Protocol Transaction Processing Services Networking .NET Message Framing MSMQ Binding Protocol File Access Services Remote Desktop Protocol: Smart Card Virtual Channel Extension Transaction Processing Services Protocols Overview Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) Protocol .NET Message Framing Protocol File Access Services Protocols Overview Remote Desktop Protocol: Telemetry Virtual Channel Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx Management Protocol .NET Message Framing TCP Binding Protocol Group Policy Common Internet File System (CIFS) Browser Auxiliary Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: UDP Transport Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx Multiplexing Protocol .NET NegotiateStream Protocol Group Policy Protocols Overview Common Internet File System (CIFS) Browser Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: USB Devices Virtual Channel Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx Transaction Internet Protocol .NET Packet Routing Protocol Group Policy: Audit Configuration Extension Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Video Optimized Remoting Virtual Channel Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx Transaction Protocol .NET Remoting: Binary Format Data Structure Group Policy: Central Access Policies Protocol Extension Distributed File System (DFS): Referral Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol: Video Redirection Virtual Channel Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx Transaction Protocol Logical .NET Remoting: Core Protocol Group Policy: Core Protocol Unit Mainframe Extension File System Algorithms Remote Desktop Protocol: Virtual Channel Echo Extension .NET Remoting: Lifetime Services Extension Group Policy: Deployed Printer Connections Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx Transports Protocol File System Control Codes Remote Desktop Protocol: XML Paper Specification (XPS) Print Virtual Channel Extension .NET Tracing Protocol Group Policy: Encrypting File System Extension MSDTC Connection Manager: OleTx XA Protocol Remote Shared Virtual Disk Protocol Remote Desktop Workspace Runtime Protocol Group Policy: Firewall and Advanced Security Data Structure Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) Extensions Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Remote Shutdown Protocol General Networking Services Group Policy: Folder Redirection Protocol Extension Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Versions 2 and 3 Telnet: VTNT Terminal Type Format Data Structure Compound File Binary File Format Group Policy: Internet Explorer Maintenance Extension SMB2 Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) Transport Protocol Terminal Services Gateway Server Protocol Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Extensions Group Policy: IP Security (IPsec) Protocol Extension Collaboration Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Protocol: Client Extensions Terminal Services Terminal Server Runtime Interface Protocol Remote Access Server Advertisement (RASADV) Protocol Group Policy: Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) Data Extension Desktop Chat Protocol Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Protocol: Microsoft Extensions Terminal Services Workspace Provisioning Protocol XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP) Profile Group Policy: Network Access Protection (NAP) Extension Desktop Clipboard Protocol Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Protocol: Server Extensions Connection Point Services: Phonebook Data Structure Group Policy: Preferences Extension Data Structure Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) Networked Device Interoperability File Services Management ExtendedError Remote Data Structure Authentication Services Group Policy: Registry Extension Encoding Collaboration Guidelines: Microsoft Extensions File Services Management Protocols Overview Authentication Services Protocols Overview Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Microsoft Challenge Group Policy: Scripts Extension Encoding and H.245 Protocol: Microsoft Extensions DFS Replication Helper Protocol Authentication Protocol Domain Support Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) Group Policy: Security Protocol Extension Communications Messenger Service Remote Protocol Distributed File System (DFS): Namespace Management Protocol Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) Protocol Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key Transaction Authentication Security and Group Policy: Software Installation Protocol Extension Microsoft NetMeeting Protocol Distributed File System Replication Protocol for DNS (GSS-TSIG) Protocol Extension Digest Protocol Extensions Identity Group Policy: Wireless/Wired Protocol Extension NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension File Replication Service Protocol Host Name Data Structure Extension Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Proxy Protocol Monitoring Services NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Extension File Server Resource Manager Protocol IPv4 Over IEEE 1394 Protocol Extensions Management Kerberos Protocol Extensions Corporate Error Reporting Version 2.0 Protocol Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP/RTCP): DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Remote Administration Protocol Lightweight Web Services Security Profile Kerberos Protocol Extensions: Service for User and Constrained Delegation Protocol Telephony Signals Data Extensions EventLog Remoting Protocol Remote Differential Compression Algorithm NetBIOS over TCP (NetBT) Extensions Negotiate and Nego2 HTTP Authentication Protocol Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP/RTCP): Microsoft Extensions EventLog Remoting Protocol Version 6.0 Network Key Protector Unlock Protocol Netlogon Remote Protocol Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP/RTCP): Redundant Audio Data Extensions Live Remote Event Capture (LREC) Protocol NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication: Post Office Protocol - NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication Protocol Remote Rendering Server Protocol Version 2.0 Version 3 (POP3) Extension Performance Counter Query Protocol NTLM Over HTTP Protocol Session Description Protocol (SDP) Extensions General Services Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Data Structures Performance Logs and Alerts Protocol Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication (PKINIT) in Kerberos Protocol Central Access Policy Identifier (ID) Retrieval Protocol Session Initiation Protocol Extensions Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Property Set Data Structures Server Management Remote Certificate Mapping Protocol Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) AUTH Extension for SPNEGO Content Indexing Services Protocol One-Time Password Certificate Enrollment Protocol Desired State Configuration Pull Model Protocol Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) Extension Telephony API Internet Locator Service Protocol Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS): Shared Resource Publishing Data Structure Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience (qWave): Layer 3 Probing Protocol Domain Name Service (DNS) Server Management Protocol Transport Layer Security (TLS) Profile Telephony Remote Protocol Distributed Link Tracking Central Store Protocol Remote Data Services (RDS) Transport Protocol Server and File Management Web APIs Protocol Authorization Services Digital Rights Management Distributed Link Tracking: Central Manager Protocol Remote Mailslot Protocol Server Service Remote Protocol Distributed Link Tracking: Workstation Protocol Authorization Protocols Overview Digital Rights Management License Protocol Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) Task Scheduler Service Remoting Protocol Enhanced Metafile Format Telnet Server Remote Administration Protocol Authorization Manager (AzMan) Policy File Format Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM): MTP Command Extension W32Time Remote Protocol Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions Telnet: NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication Protocol Claims Transformation Algorithm Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM): Network Devices Protocol Workstation Service Remote Protocol File Classification Infrastructure Alternate Data Stream (ADS) File Format WebSocket Protocol Extensions Privilege Attribute Certificate Data Structure Windows Media Digital Rights Management for Network Devices WINS Management (WMDRM-ND): Registrar Initiation Protocol File Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (FTPS) Link Layer Services Remote Authorization API Protocol Callback Control Protocol Remote Administrative Interface: WINS Microsoft NT Backup File Structure Certificate Services Media Streaming Server IrDA Object Exchange (OBEX) Protocol Profile Property Store Binary File Format Certificate Services Protocols Overview Windows Management Media Streaming Server Protocols Overview Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Protocol Windows Management Protocols Overview Service Witness Protocol Certificate Services Remote Administration Protocol Media Stream Broadcast (MSB) Protocol Point-to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) Profile PowerShell Remoting Protocol Shell Link (.LNK) Binary File Format Certificate Templates Structure Media Stream Broadcast Distribution (MSBD) Protocol PPP Over IrDA Dialup Protocol Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Server 2003 User Name Mapping Protocol ICertPassage Remote Protocol Microsoft Media Server (MMS) Protocol Proximity Service Discovery Protocol Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista Windows Metafile Format Windows Client Certificate Enrollment Protocol Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) Windows Media Extensions Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience (qWave): Wireless Diagnostics Protocol Specification Windows Management Instrumentation Encoding Version 1.0 Protocol Windows Search Protocol WS-Trust X.509v3 Token Enrollment Extensions Remote Media Streaming Initiation Protocol VT-UTF8 and VT100+ Protocols Windows Management Instrumentation Remote Protocol WordPad ECMA 376 Standards Support X.509 Certificate Enrollment Policy Protocol Smooth Streaming Protocol WordPad ODF 1.1 Standards Support Windows Server Update Services Windows Media HTTP Push Distribution Protocol Network Layer Services Federation Services Windows Server Update Services Protocols Overview Windows Media HTTP Streaming Protocol Print Services Authenticated Internet Protocol Specification Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS) Web Agent Protocol Windows Update Services: Client-Server Protocol Windows Media Log Data Structure Print Services Protocols Overview Firewall and Advanced Security Protocol Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Proxy Protocol Windows Update Services: Server-Server Protocol Enhanced Metafile Spool Format Internet Key Exchange Protocol Extensions Active Directory Federation Services and Proxy Integration Protocol Print System Asynchronous Notification Protocol Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) IPsec Extensions Active Directory Federation Services OAuth Authorization Code Lookup Protocol Print System Asynchronous Remote Protocol Technical Documentation Networking Services Microsoft Web Browser Federated Sign-On Protocol Print System Remote Protocol Technical Documentation Automatic Bluetooth Pairing Protocol Network Access Protection Protocols Overview Microsoft Web Browser Federated Sign-On Protocol Extensions Web Point-and-Print Protocol Windows Deployment Services Control Protocol Device Registration Discovery Protocol Conceptual Schema Definition File Format Rights Management Services Windows Deployment Services Multicast Application Protocol Device Registration Enrollment Protocol Scan Services DHCP Failover Protocol Extension Rights Management Services Protocols Overview Business Document Scanning: Scan Repository Capabilities and Status Retrieval Protocol Windows Windows Deployment Services Multicast Session Initiation Protocol Enterprise Client Synchronization Protocol Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) 2.0 Protocol Extensions Rights Management Services (RMS): Client-to-Server Protocol Windows Deployment Services Multicast Transport Protocol Mobile Device Enrollment Protocol Storage Services Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Extensions Rights Management Services (RMS): ISV Extension Protocol Deployment Windows Deployment Services Operation System Deployment Protocol Devices Mobile Device Management Protocol Storage Services Protocols Overview Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Extensions for Network Access Protection (NAP) Rights Management Services (RMS): Server-to-Server Protocol Services Near Field Proximity: Bidirectional Services Protocol Disk Management Remote Protocol Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server Management Protocol Near Field Proximity: Sharing Protocol Encrypting File System Remote (EFSRPC) Protocol Entity Data Model for Data Services Packaging Format Tethering Control Channel Protocol File Server Remote VSS Protocol Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol UPnP Device and Service Templates: Media Property and Compatibility Extensions Removable Storage Manager (RSM) Remote Protocol IP Address Management (IPAM) Management Protocol Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) Application to Application Protocol Shadow Copy Management Protocol IP Address Management (IPAM) Management Protocol Version 2 Virtual Disk Service (VDS) Protocol Link Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) Profile Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) Server Network Information Discovery Protocol Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes for Network Access Protection (NAP) Data Structure Web Services: Security Policy Assertions Format Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Replication and Autodiscovery Protocol Includes selected Open Specifications documents for Windows. Windows Security Health Agent (WSHA) and Windows Security Health Validator (WSHV) Protocol WS-Discovery: Termination Criteria Protocol Extensions