What are the various ways to host a WCF Service ?

1. IIS
2. Self Hosting
3. WAS

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What are the various address format in WCF?

a)HTTP Address Format : http://localhost:
b)TCP Address Format : net.tcp://localhost:
c)MSMQ Address Format : net.msmq://localhost:

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Explain Address,Binding and contract for a WCF Service?

Address: Where is the serivce available.
Binding: How to communicate with the service.
Contract: What will the service do.

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How to define a service as REST based in WCF ?

By adding the WebGet attribute, we can define a service as REST based service that can be accessible using HTTP GET operation.
[ServiceContract]
interface IStock
{
[OperationContract]
[WebGet]
int GetStock(string StockId);
}

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What are the differencec between Web Services and WCF ?

Sno	WebServices	WCF
1	Can send/receive messages using SOAP over HTTP	Can send/receive using SOAP and any transport protocol like HTTP, TCP, named pipes, and Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), etc.
2	Can only be hosted in IIS and the security is limited.	Can be hosted in IIS, self-host servers with console applications or Win NT services or any other server.
3	Doesnt support	supports binary .NET – .NET communications, distributed transactions, WS-* specifications, queued messaging and Restful communications.
4	Simple when compared to WCF	Little more work is needed

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