diff --git a/src/internal/connector/exchange/iterators_test.go b/src/internal/connector/exchange/iterators_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..762d785db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/connector/exchange/iterators_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package exchange
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/internal/connector/mockconnector"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/internal/connector/support"
+)
+
+type ExchangeIteratorSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+}
+
+func TestExchangeIteratorSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(ExchangeIteratorSuite))
+}
+
+func (suite *ExchangeIteratorSuite) TestDisplayable() {
+	t := suite.T()
+	bytes := mockconnector.GetMockContactBytes("Displayable")
+	contact, err := support.CreateContactFromBytes(bytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	aDisplayable, ok := contact.(displayable)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+	assert.NotNil(t, aDisplayable.GetId())
+	assert.NotNil(t, aDisplayable.GetDisplayName())
+}
+
+func (suite *ExchangeIteratorSuite) TestDescendable() {
+	t := suite.T()
+	bytes := mockconnector.GetMockMessageBytes("Descendable")
+	message, err := support.CreateMessageFromBytes(bytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	aDescendable, ok := message.(descendable)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+	assert.NotNil(t, aDescendable.GetId())
+	assert.NotNil(t, aDescendable.GetParentFolderId())
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/exchange/service_iterate.go b/src/internal/connector/exchange/service_iterators.go
similarity index 94%
rename from src/internal/connector/exchange/service_iterate.go
rename to src/internal/connector/exchange/service_iterators.go
index 7bcb53d23..a5621a908 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/exchange/service_iterate.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/exchange/service_iterators.go
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ const (
 	eventsCategory   = "events"
 )
 
+// descendable represents objects that implement msgraph-sdk-go/models.entityable
+// and have the concept of a "parent folder".
+type descendable interface {
+	GetId() *string
+	GetParentFolderId() *string
+}
+
+// displayable represents objects that implement msgraph-sdk-fo/models.entityable
+// and have the concept of a display name.
+type displayable interface {
+	GetId() *string
+	GetDisplayName() *string
+}
+
 // GraphIterateFuncs are iterate functions to be used with the M365 iterators (e.g. msgraphgocore.NewPageIterator)
 // @returns a callback func that works with msgraphgocore.PageIterator.Iterate function
 type GraphIterateFunc func(