What Are Tha Advantages of Hosting WCF Service in WAS? | WCF Interview Question

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WAS (Windows Activation Service) is a component of IIS 7.0. Following are few advantages :

  • We are not only limited to HTTP protocol. We can also use supported protocols like TCP, named pipes and MSMQ
  • No need to completely install IIS. We can only install WAS component and keep away the WebServer