This is the first installment of a new online column for Visual Studio Magazine. The column will focus on several key .NET technologies, including ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, XML and Web services.

Using Page Methods when adding the ScriptService attribute is overkill for a single page -- find out how to add the functionality directly using AJAX. Web services provide a great way to exchange data ...

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