Developing Web Services

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Web Services are self-contained modular applications that can be published and invoked over the Internet. Web Services provide well-defined interfaces that describe the services provided. Unlike Web server applications that generate Web pages for client browsers, Web Services are not designed for direct human interaction. Rather, they are accessed programmatically by client applications. This section gives an overview of web services and web services support.

Topics

• Web Services Overview
• How-To: Build a Hello World Web Services Application

See Also

• Writing Internet Applications (inside the Windows Developer's Guide)