[How Do I:] Use the ASP.NET AJAX Profile Services?
by Chris Pels
ASP.NET 2.0 introduced Profile properties with which you can store details for each user of your ASP.NET Web application. ASP.NET AJAX Profile Services allow your client-side Web interface to retrieve a user's Profile properties from the server-side Web application. This video demonstrates how a sample AJAX-enabled travel site can store the travel request information of a user so that the details can be retrieved when he or she next visits the site.