[jsingleton]

I've been there and this tool is invaluable: http://www.soapui.org/

That and wireshark, and netmon. OK, I need to stop now or the repressed memories will come back. :)

[ilitirit]

Sadly, even SOAP UI can't solve all your problems. WS-* is just so complex that it's rare to find two sufficiently compatible implementations.

For example, on one WCF service I capture the message as it arrives and then write to disk. If I replay this message through SOAP UI, it fails unless I modify some of the headers.

WS-* just sucks in general.

[jsingleton]

Oh it doesn't make it easy! It just gives you a chance.