EWS Managed API: Creating contact item and getting the Item Id of it

Question

Hi,
I would like to use the EWS managed API to create contact items in users' mailboxes, however, I immediately want to get the Item Id of the item I just created to store it in an SQL database (actually I'm converting it to the HexEntryID format). Is this possible in a simple way?
Thank you!

Answer 1

After you create your contact by callling yourContact.Save(), you can access its Id by reading yourContact.Id.

The Id property is of type ItemId, which holds a UniqueId property and a ChangeKey property which is necessary when updating an existing item.

To convert the contact's Id into an HexEntryId, use the ExchangeService.ConvertId method.

I hope this is simple enough :)

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David Claux | Program Manager - Exchange Web Services

Answer 2

Yes it is! Thank you!