Web Services in SharePoint Foundation

This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.

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

Service	Description
WebSvcAdmin	Provides methods for managing a deployment of SharePoint Foundation, 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.
WebSvcCellStorage
WebSvcClient
websvcCopy	Provides methods for copying items between locations in SharePoint Foundation.
WebSvcdiagnostics
WebSvcDspSts	Provides a method for performing queries against lists in SharePoint Foundation.
websvcDWS	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.
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.
WebSvcsharepointemailws	Provides methods for remotely managing distribution groups.
websvcSiteData	Provides methods that return metadata or list data from sites or lists in SharePoint Foundation.
websvcsites	Provides a method for returning information about the site templates for a site collection.
WebSvcspclaimproviderwebservice	Enables remote clients to access claims returned by the claim providers that are available for a specific Web application.
websvcspsearch	Provides methods for remotely performing searches within a SharePoint Foundation deployment.
websvcUserGroup	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.

The following Windows® Communication Foundation (WCF) services are reserved for internal use and are not intended to be used directly from your code:

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See Also

Tasks

Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Web Service