Windows SharePoint Services Web Service

The Windows SharePoint Services Web Service provides methods that can be used to work remotely with a deployment of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. For information on using the methods of a Web service, click the appropriate link in the Service column of the table below.

Services

Service	Description
Administration	Provides methods for managing a deployment ofWindows SharePoint Services, such as for creating or deleting sites.
Alerts	Provides methods for working with alerts for list items in a SharePoint site.
Document Workspace	Exposes the Document Workspace Web service and its eleven methods for managing Document Workspace sites and the data they contain.
Forms	Provides methods for returning forms used in the user interface when working with the contents of a list.
Imaging	Provides methods that enable you to create and manage picture libraries.
List Data Retrieval	Provides a method for performing queries against lists in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.
Lists	Provides methods for working with lists and list data.
Meetings	Provides methods that enable you to create and manage Meeting Workspace sites.
Permissions	Provides methods for working with the permissions for a site or list.
Site Data	Provides methods that return metadata or list data from sites or lists in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.
Sites	Provides a method for returning information about the site templates for a site collection.
Users and Groups	Provides methods for working with users, site groups, and cross-site groups.
Versions	Provides methods for working with file versions.
Views	Provides methods for working with views of lists.
Web Part Pages	Provides the methods to send information to and retrieve information from XML Web services.
Webs	Provides methods for working with sites and subsites.