Summary

Now you know all about your alternatives in terms of hosting, you are able to build WCF applications and host them anywhere you like. In addition, you are now able to explain the benefits of hosting in the most recent environment available, IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2007 in combination with WAS. In the next chapter, you will learn about managing WCF services. Of course, IIS 7.0 comes with several manageability features, but to gain insight into WCF specifics that IIS 7.0 doesn't know about, the next chapter will dive into this important topic. More advanced management features are required and delivered by WCF.