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All rights reserved. http://msdn.microsoft.com/openspecifications/jj128107 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: