Working with XML requests

Microsoft Provisioning System provides non-provider namespaces that contain high-level procedures for provisioning Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server, and Internet Information Services (IIS).

You can create XML requests that invoke these procedures to perform provisioning tasks. When you create XML requests that conform to the Microsoft Provisioning Framework (MPF) and structures implemented in the non-provider namespaces available in Microsoft Provisioning System, you can submit requests to MPF by using either the command-line interface or the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI).

Important

• Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that a procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).

This section covers:

• Creating XML requests
• Submitting XML requests