Flash communication

I’m looking into ways to have communication between a Flash application (Flash CS3 + AS 3) and the web server (running .NET).

** Web services:**
Do I understand it right that there is no support for communicating with web services natively in Flash? I’ve read that in a number of different places, however that might be old information. Is using special AS libraries the best/only solution? And if yes, which library do you recommend?

** WCF Services:**
Can I communicate with WCF services using Flash? I’ve managed to consume ordinary web services in Flash (using the “wellconsidered” library), but I haven’t found a way to make WCF services work.

** Flash Remoting:**
Is this a technology that is still used? On the Adobe Store I only find an old MX version, which is strange. Why haven’t this technology been updated? Is nobody using it? Is it so perfect that is has no need to be updated (highly unlikely…)? I also have a hard time finding articles/tutorials that is not old. Anyone got any comments about Flash Remoting?