Difference between WCF and windows service

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Respected sir/madam, What is the difference between WCF and Windows service in dot net. And how wcf works. Thanks and Regards, Sagar.

Mukesh Nayak · Answer

Hi Sagar, I think the question should be what is the difference between windows service and web service in .net. Now both have different fetaures and use. We will go with examples and requirement. Let suppose you have got a requirement where you need to perform a database update each and every day at a very particular time. The requirement is like you need to archive a table.Here windows service can be used which will perform this task at regular interval. Window service is long running executable which starts and stops on your requirement. Now lets assume other requirement where you have two different application . Both the system needs to fetch employee detail from employee table in database. Now rather than writing same piece code in 2 different application you can write web services and deploy on server. Now these 2 application will refer the single endpoint in the web service. Web service can be written in various way in .net. You can use old .asmx approach. Two other ways are creating WCF service with required binding or sriting your own webapi. Regards, Mukesh

Madan Shekar · Answer

Very short explanation: Windows service is as it states a service running on Windows OS. For example, indexing service running on Windows machine is a Windows service. Asp.NET Web Service is a services that can only be used via http and is hosted on server. WCF is a framework, layer or platform that enables you to create multiplatform services that can communicate with each other. WCF services supports more protocols. Can be hosted by server, application or used by other services. You can use WCF to create a web service or a windows service. A newer and easier approach for creating lightweight web services is the stateless Web API. I suggest you download VS 2017 Community Edition, so you are not stuck with only those choices.

usha rathore · Answer

Try this link to get more updates http://www.dotnethubs.blogspot.in/2013/04/differences-between-wcf-and-aspnet-web.html

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, WCF and window service both different subject and it very deep. you can also host WCF service as a window services Please refer http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38160/WCF-Service-Library-with-Windows-Service-Hosting http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733069.aspx hope this will help you.

Sanjay Kumar · Answer

Hi try link http://www.dotnetnukes.blogspot.in/2013/04/differences-between-wcf-and-aspnet-web.html http://debugmode.net/2013/04/09/multiple-wcf-endpoints-are-not-only-about-having-multiple-addresses-dude/ http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/dhananjaycoder/exposing-crud-operations-as-resful-wcf-service-and-peforming-all-http-operation-at-client-side/

Sanjay Kumar · Answer

Hi http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/10-differences-between-wcf-and

Difference between WCF and windows service

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