This article introduces you to the two primary aspects of working with .NET web services: building your own custom web service and building the inerface necessary for harnessing the capabilities of a remotely distributed web service. The first part of this tutorial walks you through all the steps for building your own, simple web service, and the second part walks you through the steps necessary for building and then integrating a remote web service's capabilities into your own application. This tutorial also provides a link for downloading all code associated with this tutorial. Happy Coding!