.NET server API reference for SharePoint 2013

Find APIs that you can use to build and customize sites and farm solutions using the Microsoft .NET server programming model in SharePoint 2013.

For a list of .NET client namespaces, see .NET client API reference for SharePoint 2013.

For a list of JavaScript object libraries in SharePoint 2013, see JavaScript API reference for SharePoint 2013.

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013

In this article

• Core namespaces

• Administration namespaces

• Sites and Content namespaces

• Social namespaces

• Search namespaces

• Workflow namespaces

• Office Application Services namespaces

• Mobile and Devices namespaces

• Security and Authentication namespaces

• Business Intelligence namespaces

• Business Data namespaces

• Additional resources

Core namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.Server

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Auditing

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Diagnostics

• Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Infrastructure

• Microsoft.Office.Server.ObjectCache

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Upgrade

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities

• Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls

• Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls.Charting

• Microsoft.SharePoint

• Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationRuntime

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Applications.GroupBoard

• Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationServices

• Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities

• Microsoft.SharePoint.EmailIntegration

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Help

• Microsoft.SharePoint.JSGrid

• Microsoft.SharePoint.JsonUtilities

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Meetings

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Mobile.Controls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Mobile.WebControls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.MobileMessage

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.ClaimProviders

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.MobileControls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.RemoteApp

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Sharing

• Microsoft.SharePoint.SoapServer

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade

• Microsoft.SharePoint.UserCode

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities

• Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages

• Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.Communication

• Microsoft.Web.Constraint

• Microsoft.Web.CommandUI

• Microsoft.Web.CommandUI

• Microsoft.Web.Constraint

• System.Xml.Linq

Administration namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.AdminPages

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Diagnostics

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Monitoring.Reporting

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Monitoring.Reporting.Rdl

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Upgrade

• Microsoft.Office.Server.EvaluatorModeProvisioning

• Microsoft.Office.TranslationServices.AdminUI

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.AccessControl

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.AppDeployment

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Backup

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.DatabaseProvider

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Health

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SiteHealth

• Microsoft.SharePoint.AdministrationOperation

• Microsoft.SharePoint.AppManagement

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.Service

• Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching

• Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.Utilities

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Help

• Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel

• Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.OAuth2

• Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.Pages

• Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration.WebServices

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Security

• Microsoft.SharePoint.StsAdmin

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade

• Microsoft.SharePoint.UserCode

• Microsoft.Web.Hosting.Administration

Sites and Content namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.AdminPages

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.DocSite

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.DocumentSets

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.MetadataNavigation

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.Server

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.VideoSets

• Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.WebControls

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.InformationPolicy

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.OfficialFileWSProxy

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.PolicyFeatures

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Preservation

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.RecordsRepository

• Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Reporting

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Discovery

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Discovery.WebControls

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.ContentProcessing

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Query

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Security

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Topology

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Analytics

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Discovery

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls

• Microsoft.Office.Workflow

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration.WebServices

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Cmdlet

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Design

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Fields

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls.EditingMenuActions

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.Generic

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.OM.CodeBehind

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.Upgrade

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.WebServices

Social namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.Server.ActivityFeed

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Audience

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Infrastructure

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Security

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Social

• Microsoft.Office.Server.SocialData

• Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles

• Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls

• Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls.FieldTypes

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Applications.GroupBoard

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Sharing

Search namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.ContentProcessing

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Query

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Security

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Topology

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Analytics

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Connector.BDC

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.ContentProcessingEnrichment

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Portability

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.Common

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.Gateway

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.Rules

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.Throttling

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Search.Query

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.WebControls

Workflow namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.Workflow

• Microsoft.Office.Workflow.Actions

• Microsoft.Office.Workflow.Feature

• Microsoft.Office.Workflow.Routing

• Microsoft.Office.Workflow.Utility

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.Application

• Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions.WithKey

• Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices

Office Application Services namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls

• Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls.WebUI

• Microsoft.Office.Server.PowerPoint.Conversion

• Microsoft.Office.ConversionServices.Conversions

• Microsoft.Office.ConversionServices.Service

• Microsoft.Office.TranslationServices

• Microsoft.Office.TranslationServices.AdminUI

• Microsoft.Office.TranslationServices.Health

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.WebServices

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.WebUI

• Microsoft.Office.Visio.Server

• Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.Conversions

• Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.Service

Mobile and Devices namespaces

• Microsoft.BusinessData.Infrastructure

• Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel

• Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel.Collections

• Microsoft.BusinessData.Runtime

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SiteHealth

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.MobileControls

• Microsoft.Office.Web.Mobile

• Microsoft.Office.Web.MobileWordViewer

• Microsoft.Office.Web.OfficeMobile.WordViewer

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Mobile.Controls

• Microsoft.SharePoint.MobileMessage

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.MobileControls

Security and Authentication namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.SecureStoreService.Server

• Microsoft.Office.SecureStoreService.Server.Security

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Security

• Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel

• Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.OAuth2

• Microsoft.SharePoint.IdentityModel.Pages

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.ClaimProviders

• Microsoft.SharePoint.Security

Business Intelligence namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.WebServices

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.WebUI

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.DataSourceProviders

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Extensions

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Formatting

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.GridViewTransforms

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.ResultSet

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.ResultSet.ADOMDCellSet

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Server

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Server.Extensions

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.ServerCommon

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.ServerCommon.Export

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.ServerRendering

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.ServerRendering.Reports

• Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Store

Business Data namespaces

• Microsoft.Office.SharePoint.ClientExtensions.Publishing

Additional resources

• Reference for SharePoint 2013

• SharePoint 2013

• .NET client API reference for SharePoint 2013

• JavaScript API reference for SharePoint 2013

• SharePoint 2013 development overview