Best Hosting Option
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Which is better, to host WCF in a Windows Service or in IIS?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Which is better, to host WCF in a Windows Service or in IIS?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
IIS is a better hosting option. However, it also depends on what your service is actually doing? IIS gives you scalability and basic inbuilt features which you will find missing in a windows service. Below link have a brief explaination about IIS benefits: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/015d711d-ce5a-46a1-a93e-1c68746e76d3/hosting-iis-vs-windows-service-?forum=wcf[^]
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IIS is a better hosting option. However, it also depends on what your service is actually doing? IIS gives you scalability and basic inbuilt features which you will find missing in a windows service. Below link have a brief explaination about IIS benefits: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/015d711d-ce5a-46a1-a93e-1c68746e76d3/hosting-iis-vs-windows-service-?forum=wcf[^]
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If it's not broken, fix it until it is