--- uid: web-forms/videos/authentication/simple-web-service-authentication title: "Simple Web Service Authentication | Microsoft Docs" author: JoeStagner description: "In this video, Joe Stagner demonstrates different mechanisms that can be added to an ASP.NET application to restrict unauthorized access to ASMX web services..." ms.author: aspnetcontent ms.date: 09/16/2010 ms.assetid: 3b186578-16be-4e4f-a296-233df0381411 msc.legacyurl: /web-forms/videos/authentication/simple-web-service-authentication msc.type: video --- Simple Web Service Authentication ==================== by [Joe Stagner](https://github.com/JoeStagner) In this video, Joe Stagner demonstrates different mechanisms that can be added to an ASP.NET application to restrict unauthorized access to ASMX web services. [▶ Watch video (54 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/simple-web-service-authentication) > [!div class="step-by-step"] > [Previous](implement-the-registration-verification-pattern.md) > [Next](creating-inactive-users.md)