6.6. Summary

The .NET Framework provides a rich set of classes and tools for building and consuming Web services and Visual Studio .NET makes it even easier. In this chapter, you learned how to create .NET Web services and how to customize the Web service's WSDL to meet your needs. You also learned how .NET Web service clients are generated and how they work. The next two chapters build on this knowledge to show you how to perform advanced tasks such as utilizing SOAP headers and interface-based Web services development.

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