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The need for hosting: what does WCF need?

I plan to start developing with WCF this weekend. Before I get too far, I would like to know what do I need from my web host? What should our server do to enable WCF? Is this ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 standard stuff? Does the host have to do something for our IIS configuration?

I am currently hosting our ASP.NET applications, company website, etc. with a third party hosting service. Due to our size, cost, etc. We use a shared hosting plan and have somewhat limited access to the IAN. I hope we don't have any problems that would limit our ability to use WCF.

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If you want to host your WCF service in IIS, you need IIS6 (Win Server 2003) or preferably IIS7 (Win Server 2008), .NET 3.0 (or preferably: .NET 3.5 SP1), and the ability to create virtual directories in IIS (so which yes, you need at least some degree of IIS configuration).

What is it!:-)



Mark

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You have several options:

  • You can host in IIS6 + using ASP.NET: simplest, offers integration with the ASP.NET runtime (can be disabled to reduce overhead, if not required, imposes requirements on final URLs restricted to HTTP [S] like transport, all the benefits of IIS workflow management
  • You can host on IIS7 + using Windows Activation Services (WAS): more advanced, full control over the endpoint URL, can use any transport (TCPIP, HTTP [S], MSMQ, NamedPipes), all the benefits of IIS worker process management
  • You can host in a custom Windows service: all the power of WAS besides workflow management and you have to write your own Windows service and you have


Check out this section of the MSDN documentation for more information .

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