WCF - Selecting appropriate binding
I recently started working on a SOA project, and thought it would be a good idea to brush up on my WCF understanding. and I came across this article WCF Service Binding explained . I never really understood how to use the different bindings available, and I always tended to choose basicHttpBinding or wsHttpBinding as they most closely resembled what I used to know as web services. however, Thumb rules in choosing endpoint' binding If you require your service to be consumed by clients compatible with SOAP 1.1, use basicHttpBinding for interoperability If you require your service to be consumed within the corporate network, use netTCPBinding for performance If you require your service to be consumed over the internet and the client is a WCF compatible, use wsHttpBinding to reap full benefits of WS * specifications If you require your service to be accessible only in the same machine, use netNamedPipeBinding If you require your service to be queue messages, use netMsmqBindin...