type-string.md

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Type (string)	sethgros	09/17/2015	Developer	reference	office-online-server	ews	medium	d5eea7a8-c40d-42a6-8e0d-67f3252496cf	The Type element specifies the type of postal address or phone number, for example,HomeorBusiness.

Type (string)

The Type element specifies the type of postal address or phone number, for example, "Home" or "Business".

<Type></Type>

string

Attributes and elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Phone | PhoneNumber | Value (PersonaPostalAddressType) | PostalAddress (PersonaPostalAddressType)

Text value

The text value of the Type element is the type of a postal address or phone number. For example, the values "Home" or "Business" are expected values for the Type element.

Remarks

This element was introduced in Exchange Server 2013.

The schema that describes this element is located in the IIS virtual directory that hosts Exchange Web Services.

Element information

Name	Value
Namespace	https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types
Schema name	Types schema
Validation file	Types.xsd
Can be empty