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Asked: 2026-05-13T00:07:52+00:00

I am confused as to what is the best method for building a web

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I am confused as to what is the best method for building a web service in .net. Giving the fact that it needs to be highly scalable. Any suggestions?

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    IIS is designed for scalability, so I’d definitely consider using ASP.NET web services rather than hosting my web service within a windows service using WCF.

    Of course, you can host your WCF web service within IIS. Here’s an article on how to do this.

    This article is a little old, but it details the benefits of hosting your web service in IIS within the Recommendations section:

    • Scalability—It is very easy to scale out a Web service using load-balancing technology such as Windows Network Load Balancing, or hardware devices from vendors such as Cisco and F5. More on this subject to follow.
    • Availability—ASMX Web services can be configured to be highly available using a combination of technologies such as load-balancing combined with the powerful capabilities of the IIS6 infrastructure built into Windows 2003 Server (such as automatic recycling and restarting of failed services).

    I guess the point is no matter if you want to use ASP.NET web services or WCF, definitely host it in IIS.

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