What is exchangelib and how does it simplify Exchange Web Service development compared to lower-level SOAP XML methods?

Exchangelib is a Python library that abstracts the lower-level SOAP XML communication with Exchange servers. As covered in this guide, it allows developers to access Exchange resources such as emails and attachments using simple Python objects, eliminating the need to manually construct SOAP messages. This is especially useful for automating tasks like email downloading or attachment extraction, whereas earlier articles in the series focused on raw XML for understanding protocol internals.