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Overview of the Web Services Enhancements

Web Services Enhancements 2.0 for Microsoft .NET (WSE) is a .NET class library for building Web services using the latest Web services protocols, including WS-Security, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Trust, WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-Addressing, and WS-Attachments. WSE allows you to add these capabilities at design time using code or at deployment time through the use of a policy file.

The topics in this section describe the concepts and techniques that allow you to build Web services using the latest Web services protocols.

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Major Features of the Web Services Enhancements

Summarizes the main features of WSE.
Web Services Enhancements Architecture

Provides a high-level graphical view of how WSE works.

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