What are the Possible Ways of Hosting a WCF Service

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Hi What are the possible ways of hosting a WCF service ?

RanjithKumar chiguruvada · Answer

Hi, There are 3 ways of hosting a wcf service.that are 1)using IIS 2)using SelfHosting 3)using WAS Hosting in IIS6 only support HTTP protocols and "on-demand" activation Hosting in IIS7 / WAS (only on Vista / Server 2008 and up) supports all protocols and "on-demand" activation Self-Hosting in a console app or Windows service supports all protocols, but doesn't support on-demand activation (e.g. your service must be up and running all the time, it cannot be magically activated when a request comes in) Worth reading and very useful article " Hosting and Consuming WCF Services " found on MSDN

nallya · Answer

There are four common ways, all of which are outlined nicely on MSDN: Hosting WCF Services . Hosting in IIS . Hosting in WAS . Hosting in a Windows service . Hosting in an application (aka "self-hosting"). refer this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332338.aspx

What are the Possible Ways of Hosting a WCF Service

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