Hi all,

I have been struggling to find some descent content on the net about how I
could go about creating a mobile client that is able to call a web
service(WCF or WSE3.0/2.0??), that can make use of our current ASP.NET
Membership infrastructure for Authentication and Authorization. I have read a
few articles about how WCF does support this, but I've had absolutely no luck
trying to run any samples, because everywhere I turn I need some sort of
digital certificate, and quite frankly I'd prefer not to have to deal with
that right now - I just need a basic working app right now. I was going to
give WSE 3.0 a bash on the mobile device, but I figured if I go WSE 3.0, I
may as well try going WCF. Has anyone successfully managed to call a WCF
service from a mobile device (Pocket PC) that uses ASP.NET membership
provider to authenticate/authorise? If so, please could you point me in the
direction of some good articles or provide me a rough step by step(doesn't
have to be incredibly detailed) on how you managed to do this?

I'm looking for a simple solution where I pass a Username/Password and I
will be able to validate the user, and also check what roles they're in. I
can't believe I'm battling like this for something that seems so simple! lol

Thanks in advance
Kevin