Windows SharePoint Services Web Services

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Windows SharePoint Services Web services provide methods that you can use to work remotely with a deployment of Windows SharePoint Services. The following table lists and describes the available Web services.

Service	Description
websvcAdministration	Provides methods for managing a deployment of Windows SharePoint Services, such as for creating or deleting sites.
websvcAlerts	Provides methods for working with alerts for list items in a SharePoint site.
websvcAuthentication	Provides classes for logging on to a SharePoint site that is using forms-based authentication.
websvcCopy	Provides methods for copying items between locations in Windows SharePoint Services.
websvcDocumentWorkspace	Provides methods for managing Document Workspace sites and the data they contain.
websvcForms	Provides methods for returning forms used in the user interface when working with the contents of a list.
websvcImaging	Provides methods that enable you to create and manage picture libraries.
websvcListDataRetrieval	Provides a method for performing queries against lists in Windows SharePoint Services.
websvcLists	Provides methods for working with lists and list data.
websvcMeetings	Provides methods that enable you to create and manage Meeting Workspace sites.
websvcPeople	Provides methods for working with security groups.
websvcPermissions	Provides methods for working with the permissions for a site or list.
websvcSharepointDirectoryManagementService	Provides methods for remotely managing distribution groups.
websvcSiteData	Provides methods that return metadata or list data from sites or lists in Windows SharePoint Services.
websvcSites	Provides a method for returning information about the site templates for a site collection.
websvcSPSearch	Provides methods for remotely performing searches within a Windows SharePoint Services deployment.
websvcUsersGroups	Provides methods for working with users, site groups, and cross-site groups.
websvcVersions	Provides methods for working with file versions.
websvcViews	Provides methods for working with views of lists.
websvcWebPartPages	Provides methods to send and retrieve Web Part information to and from Web services.
websvcWebs	Provides methods for working with sites and subsites.

See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Web Service