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title: "Where we can host WCF services?"  
description: "Where we can host WCF services?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2012-05-19  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1449/where-we-can-host-wcf-services  
category: "wcf"  
tags: ["wcf"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Where we can host WCF services?

Every WCF services must be hosted somewhere. There are ways of hosting WCF services.\
**They are**\

1. Hosting in Internet Information Services(IIS).\
2. Hosting in Windows Activation Services(WAS).\
3. Hosting in a Console or Desktop application(Self hosting).\
4. Hosting in a Windows Service.\

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Every WCF services must be hosted somewhere. There are ways of hosting WCF services.\
**They are**\

1. Hosting in Internet Information Services(IIS).\
2. Hosting in Windows Activation Services(WAS).\
3. Hosting in a Console or Desktop application(Self hosting).\
4. Hosting in a Windows Service.\


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