I recently learned the implementation of TCP and Named Pipes using the Windows Activation Services in IIS 7, and implementing WCF services that offer these protocols.
I understand that IIS 7 is new but not the protocols. So,
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Before IIS 7, what’s the traditional way of implementing TCP, Named Pipes and MSMQ without IIS 7?
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What’s the advantage that IIS 7 provides over the traditional methods?
TCP and named pipes have been implemented by the Windows O/S since the early versions of Windows NT in the early 90s, and MSMQ since the later 90s. They have O/S-level (‘Win32’) APIs, which predate IIS 7.