ASP.NET Runtime Support for WCF Services

Service orientation describes platform-neutral and message-based software, making HTTP an ideal protocol for service-oriented applications and ASP.NET the ideal platform for hosting true service-oriented WCF applications. WCF services can be deployed in an ASP.NET application running in side-by-side mode, which means that they execute outside the ASP.NET integrated pipeline, or WCF can run as an integrated part of the ASP.NET pipeline through ASP.NET Compatibility mode. ASP.NET Compatibility mode enables integration with ASP.NET platform services, but as a side effect can also introduce tight coupling with the ASP.NET runtime. Although these conditions can be less than ideal for intranet software, where ...

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