Starting with Web Services

[IfYouSaySo]

Is there any good tutorials on Web Services? For example, MSDN has sample code on many things, do any exist for creating a simple web service?

Will I need to have IIS installed on my machine to get this working?

If I can't install IIS because I only have XP Home, should I even bother, or is there some workaround in that case?

 

[kiwi]

I think you must install IIS but if you search in the web you can find the way to install IIS ever on Windows XP Home (you must take the dll from a installation cd of windows 2000 Professional)
If I find my instructions I will post for you, but try to search in the web.... my instructions are in italian language!!