>>There is nothing in web services that requires you to use Passport.
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>I believe that time will prove that statement wrong, but we've already beaten that horse to death.
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Web Services is not a Microsoft thing. MS is pushing for (and it may be already for all I know) a standard for web services communications from the W3C.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer