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Create a new website...
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I assume by this you mean you created a new entry in IIS. Did you create a site, or an application under IIS (it needs to be the latter)?
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> Create a new website...

I assume by this you mean you created a new entry in IIS. Did you create a site, or an application under IIS (it needs to be the latter)?

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I am trying to host the WCF service locally on my PC. Here is what happened:<br />
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1. Create a new website in IIS and point to the Host project in my solution: MyClient.Services.ServiceH<wbr />ost<br />
You can see the .svc files.<br />
It works fine.<br />
<br />
2. Copy the deployed WCF from company network to my PC. Create a new website, point the physical location to where this WCF service is installed. You can see the .svc files in this folder. It does not work.<br />
<br />
The question is:<br />
<br />
How do I setup the WCF locally and correctly?<br />
<br />
Thanks a lot in advance.
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I am trying to host the WCF service locally on my PC. Here is what happened:

1. Create a new website in IIS and point to the Host project in my solution: MyClient.Services.ServiceHost
You can see the .svc files.
It works fine.

2. Copy the deployed WCF from company network to my PC. Create a new website, point the physical location to where this WCF service is installed. You can see the .svc files in this folder. It does not work.

The question is:

How do I setup the WCF locally and correctly?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Host WCF Service locally

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a tool used to implement and deploy a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to support distributed computing where services have remote consumers. It features a runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications. Services typically have a WSDL interface (Web Services Description Language) that any WCF client can use to consume the service, regardless of which platform the service is hosted on. WCF implements many advanced Web services (WS) standards such as WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security, RSS Syndication Services, WS-Discovery, routing and better support for REST services.

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.