A web service is the means of communication between two devices based on the request/response methodology using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Understanding web services (2.2)
What is IIS? (2.2.1)
Internet Information Services (IIS) is Microsoft's web server. A web server that runs on IIS provides reliable, manageable, and scalable web applications. IIS supports communication protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP, and NNTP for communication between the browser and the web server. For dynamic content on the server side, Microsoft has developed scripting technology called Active Server Pages (ASP). From a security perspective, Microsoft has constantly offered features and technologies to make IIS more...
