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The soap.msmq transport update for the WSE 3.0, configuration and usage of the message exchange patterns.

You may receive the error: The request failed with HTTP status 401: Access Denied when trying to access a Webservice from your ASP.NET Application. This article discusses on the resolution for the same.

Custom MembershipProvider and RoleProvider Implementations that use Web Services in order to separate the application and database servers.

Shows how to use TIP to communicate with web services in a COM+ distributed transaction.

How to configure IIS in order to enable the use of Named Kernel Objects in Web Services.

How to modify the Web.Config of a WebService during installation.

This article describes the WSE policy framework, which allows you to describe constraints and requirements a Web service must enforce. Discussions include security scenarios in WSE 3.0 and extending the framework with custom constraints and requirements.

Provides architectural, design, and implementation guidance for Web service security by using Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0. Includes scenarios, patterns, decision matrices, and QuickStarts to help you make the most appropriate security decisions.

Learn how to create a Web service in C#.

Online Article: Manage Custom Security Credentials the Smart (Client) Way

Both Internet and intranet applications often require a custom store for user accounts and roles. ASP.NET 2.0 provides an out-of-the-box provider model as well as a SQL Sever database just for that propose. Unfortunately, the only way to administer the credentials databases is via Visual Studio 2005, and only for local Web applications. This article presents a full-blown custom security management application that administrators can use. The application wraps the ASP.NET 2.0 providers with a Web service and even adds missing features. This article presents the design approaches, challenges, and techniques involved in developing such an application. The article also walks you through some powerful yet useful techniques such as interface-based Web services, reflection-based Web service compatibility, advanced C# 2.0, Web services security, and Web services transactions.