This section of the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Software Development Kit (SDK) includes introductory overviews and programming tasks about using Microsoft ASP.NET Web services in the context of a deployment. You can use one of the default SharePoint Foundation Web services, or you can create a custom Web service that uses the server-side object model.

Important
Whenever possible, it is recommended that you use the new client-side object model to work remotely with SharePoint Foundation data, instead of using the legacy ASP.NET Web services that are described in this section.