Microsoft Email terms starting with C

44 terms

CA (certification authority) An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually users or computers) or other…
Cached Exchange Mode A feature that lets a Microsoft Outlook user who has a Microsoft Exchange e-mail account work offline, either by choice or due to a connection problem.
Calendar Attendant An Exchange Server feature that automatically places meetings marked Tentative on the recipient's calendar without requiring the intervention of any…
Calendar Concierge A set of calendar enhancements that enable users to schedule people and resources quickly, efficiently, and reliably.
call answering A voice mail application that answers a call so that a message can be left. [Exchange 2007]
categorizer A component of Exchange transport that processes all incoming messages and determines what to do with the messages based on information about the intended…
CCR (cluster continuous replication) A clustered Exchange deployment that combines the asynchronous log shipping and replay features in Exchange 2007 with the failover and management features…
CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) An Application Programming Interface that is a superset of CDO for Windows 2000.
CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) for Windows 2000 CDO for Windows 2000 is defined in the Windows 2000 section earlier in this document. [Exchange 2000]
CDO for Exchange 2000 CDO for Exchange 2000 is included with Exchange 2000 and its services are supplied from the CDOEX.DLL file. [Exchange 2000]
CDO for System Management (fka Exchange Management Objects - EMO) An API that allows administrators to programmatically access management information on an Exchange 2000 server, including databases and mailboxes.
certificate Digital signature combining data verification and encryption key. See PKI Digital Signature.
checksum A computed value that depends on the contents of a file. It is stored with data to detect file corruption.
CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing) An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while…
Classless Interdomain Routing An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while…
Client Access server role A set of components and services that enable users to access their Exchange mailboxes through the application Outlook Web Access and the protocols…
client-server architecture The structural basis of Exchange. The client sends requests to a server, and the server carries out the instructions. [Exchange 5.5]
cloned configuration The practice of deploying new Edge Transport servers based on the configuration information of a previously configured source server.
cluster continuous replication (CCR) environment A clustered Exchange deployment that uses built-in asynchronous log shipping technology to create and maintain a copy of each storage group on a second…
cluster-aware The classification of an application or service that runs on a server cluster node, is managed as a cluster resource, and is designed to be aware of and…
cluster-aware application An application that can run on a cluster node and that can be managed as a cluster resource.
clustered mailbox server In Exchange Server 2007, a mailbox server that is installed in a Windows failover cluster.
cmdlet A single-feature command-line tool that is used to manipulate objects in Windows PowerShell. [Exchange 2007]
CMS (Conferencing Management Service) The network service that coordinates the booking of virtual resources for online meetings in the Exchange Conference Service.
code page Ordered set of characters in which a numeric index (code point) is associated with each character of a particular writing system.
coexist See "coexistence." [Exchange 2007]
coexistence When you connect Exchange Server 2003 to another messaging system, including an earlier version of Exchange, the two systems coexist.
Collaboration Data Objects 1.21 - CDO 1.21 (aka Active Messaging and OLE Messaging) An application programming interface (API) that allows users and applications to access data objects within a server running Exchange.
compliance solution framework The IT infrastructure that your organization has implemented to comply with the specific regulations that apply to your industry.
ConfigCA (Configuration Connection Agreement) A special Connection Agreement implemented as part of the Active Directory Connector that replicates configuration naming context data from downlevel…
Connection Agreement The configuration of information to replicate using the Active Directory Connector.
connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
console tree In Exchange 2007, this is left pane of the Exchange Management Console. [Exchange 2007]
contact An Active Directory object that represents a user who is outside of the Exchange organization.
Container In the Exchange Administrator program, an object that contains other objects. For example, the Recipients container is composed of recipient objects.
content conversion The process of transforming e-mail messages from one format to another for the purpose of mail flow or storage, such as MAPI to MIME, or uuencode to…
control message A command used by USENET host computers to create and remove newsgroups or cancel messages that have already been posted. [Exchange 5.5]
Copy Suspend One of four health states of a storage group copy. Copy Suspend indicates that an administrator has temporarily halted log copying. [Exchange 2007]
cross certification Enables organizations to establish trust with other organizations so that users can verify the digital signature of messages sent by users in other…
CTL (certificate trust list) A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client…
CTP (Conference Technology Provider) A provider of data conferencing services such as real-time video, audio, and telephony integration. [Exchange 2000]
custom address list An address list created to help users who need a custom view of recipients within an Exchange organization.
custom phrase A word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to evaluate the content of an e-mail message and apply appropriate filter…
custom recipient In Exchange 5.5 and earlier, a custom recipient is a user who is not hosted by Exchange.