Protocol Information

You can investigate protocols on paper, using the Microsoft "Open Specifications" available on the MSDN web site.

You can also look at the protocol "on the wire" using Wireshark (cross platform) or Microsoft's Netmon (only on Windows).

Activesync

Activesync is documented - see the Microsoft specification information.

Some early (from before the documentation was released) investigations are documented in Activesync investigation.

Automatic service discovery

The mailbox discovery information is document in [MS-OXDISCO] and [MS-OXDSCLI]. Our investigation is documented in Autodiscover investigation.