Get the insider perspective on the industry-standard specifications you need to deliver high-performance XML Web services solutions for Microsoft® .NET. This essential guide details the key standards and specifications you need to ensure Web service interoperability and performance—including WS-Security, WS-Attachments and DIME, WS-Data, WS-Transactions, and WS-Routing. You’ll learn how the various standards are used, plus you’ll get important details on tools such as the Microsoft Web Services Development Kit and the Web Services Data Development Kit. Written by a Web services expert and the coauthor of Microsoft .NET My Services Specifications, this book is the developer’s essential guide to understanding and implementing Web services for Microsoft .NET.

Key Book Benefits:

Details essential Web services standards and specifications—and how to use them—in a practical, one-stop reference

Guides developers on how to build and implement Web services for .NET

Provides key insights into the Microsoft Web Services Development Kit and the Web Services Data Development Kit

Previews the future of Web Services technologies

Includes sample code on the Web