XML web services are the fundamental building blocks in the move to distributed computing on the Internet. Applications are constructed using multiple XML web services from various sources that work together regardless of where they reside or how they were implemented. This comprehensive tutorial teaches programmers the skills they need to develop XML web services hosted on the new Microsoft .NET platform. Programming .NET Web Services also shows readers how to consume such services on both Microsoft and non-Windows clients, and how to weave them into well-designed and scalable applications.