Date: Jan. 1, 2002
Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/03/myservices.html
Source Author or Organization: Christopher A. Jones, .NET Dev Center

This tutorial by Christopher A. Jones, coauthor of the book Python & XML from O'Reilly & Associates, introduces .NET My Services and focuses on programming services with Python and XML. Illustrating with code listings, Jones shows how to create a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) packet in Python that will query a .NET Contacts service, send the packet to .NET My Services, and retrieve the returned packet.

Microsoft's .NET My Services is a new incarnation of HailStorm, aimed at enabling users to take advantage of XML-based Web services, including a HailStorm-like ability to let data follow the user around across platforms and invite others to update designated parts of the user's data. My Services is a branding of Hailstorm that tries to address any misgivings users may have over entrusting security of personal data to a central Microsoft repository.

Working through the tutorial requires Python 2.1 and the PyXML package.