Network Monitor is a tool that you use to view, or capture network traffic in real time and analyze it against filters and parsers that you have installed or created. Network Monitor installs a default set of core, base, common, and Windows parsers, but Microsoft also offers parsers for Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products, Lync and SQL protocols as well as updated core, base, common and Windows parsers that must be installed before installing any other parsers offered by Microsoft.
The Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products Network Monitor Parsers extend the default parsers in Network Monitor by enabling you to get a more detailed look into the Microsoft Office and SharePoint protocol traffic. The Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products parsers consist of parser files that have, in most cases, a one-to-one relationship to a Microsoft Office or SharePoint open specification. For more information about how the parser files map to the Microsoft Office and SharePoint open specifications, see Appendix E: Microsoft Office and SharePoint Parser File Filters. The parser file name reflects the parent open specification. For example, MS-VERSS.npl contains a set of rules that is used to capture the network traffic that is defined in the MS-VERSS open specification. The Microsoft Office and SharePoint parser package includes support for the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Products and Technologies, and Microsoft SharePoint 2010.
Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products parsers are designed to help you monitor network traffic for solutions that you create by using the Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products and Technologies open specifications. By using the parsers and Network Monitor, you can efficiently debug your protocol implementation by gaining enhanced insight into the protocol traffic.
The following table lists each Microsoft Office and SharePoint parser file, a link to the corresponding open specification, and the filter name that you can use to filter the related network traffic. The filter name is listed as multiple for parsers that use structure names as filters.
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