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WCF Service and Windows Service

I am writing a service that will only be used on the internal network. I access this from a mobile client using the compact structure (3.5). Im new to WCF - will I provide me with something that I won’t get from creating a standard Windows service? Are there any disadvantages to using WCF in this environment?

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Why not use a WCF service hosted on a Windows service?

These are different things. The Windows service is a process, and the WCF service is the handler / developer of the protocol and functionality.

EDIT Sorry if I sounded too stupid. You can host the WCF service on a Windows host, but you can also host it in IIS / WAS or any other .NET application. With IIS / WAS, you get many additional features, such as authentication, process recycling, etc.

With WCF, you can implement very interoperable REST / JSON services, but you can also choose very advanced things like WS- *.

Check them out.

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