i know that web service can be host only in IIS but wcf can be host in IIS and both in win service too. but where is the actual main power lies in wcf for which developer choose wcf rather web service. please explain in detail. thanks
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i know that web service can be host only in IIS but wcf can be host in IIS and both in win service too. but where is the actual main power lies in wcf for which developer choose wcf rather web service. please explain in detail. thanks
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) has an ASP.NET compatibility mode option to enable WCF applications to be programmed and configured like ASP.NET Web services, and mimic their behavior.
Better performance, web-services uses XmlSerializer and WCF uses DataContractSerializer which is better in Performance as Compared to XmlSerializer.
In other words you can host plain old web-services using WCF. And you have more possibilities like using communication over Named Pipes/TCP/MSMQ etc.