MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services and Server Components Study Guide

Microsoft Exam Objectives Covered In This Chapter:

• Plan the deployment of and deploy an XML Web service.

• Create a setup program that installs an XML Web service.

• Publish an XML Web service.

  • Enable static discovery.

  • Publish XML Web service definitions in the UDDI.

In this chapter, you will learn the basics involved in securing and deploying XML Web services. You will learn how to create a setup program for your Web service, as well as how to create the documents necessary for deploying it into the UDDI registry. Following that, you will see how you can implement authentication and authorization by using integrated security mechanisms as well as custom techniques. Finally, you will learn how to encrypt SOAP messages by creating custom SOAP extensions.