Difference Between Web services and WCF Services

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What is the use of web services and wcf services in asp.net...? where it we use these services..?

What is the main difference between web services and wcf Services ?

If any one know about this Explian me...

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Nanda Kishore.CH

Posted 22-Aug-12 23:52pm

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Manas Bhardwaj · Answer 1 · 2012-08-23T00:04:00

Solution 1

Web Services

1.It Can be accessed only over HTTP
2.It works in stateless environment

WCF

WCF is flexible because its services can be hosted in different types of applications. The following lists several common scenarios for hosting WCF services:

IIS
WAS
Self-hosting
Managed Windows Service

For further read, look at this article:

What's the Difference between WCF and Web Services?[^]

Posted 23-Aug-12 0:04am

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Prasad_Kulkarni 23-Aug-12 6:07am

:) +5

Manas Bhardwaj 23-Aug-12 6:08am

thx!

Prasad_Kulkarni · Answer 2 · 2012-08-23T00:06:00

Solution 2

Have you tried your question on google[^]. It gives 126,000 results, and many of search results will surely help you out.

Here is CP article, the first link of above search result: What's the Difference between WCF and Web Services?[^]

..and lot more on CP Search[^]

Try by your side first Nandkishorre, then post your question here.

Posted 23-Aug-12 0:06am

Prasad_Kulkarni

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Manas Bhardwaj 23-Aug-12 6:08am

Good suggestion. Looking up at Google is faster and effiecient and give you more options. Plus, a good learning excercise.
+5

Prasad_Kulkarni 23-Aug-12 6:12am

:) Thank you Manas!

Rasadul Alam Rashed · Answer 3 · 2013-02-04T23:47:00

Solution 3

WebService is a method of communication between 2 electric devices over World Wide Web.

For more please visit:

http://cybarlab.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-are-difference-between-web-service.html[^]

Posted 4-Feb-13 23:47pm

Rasadul Alam Rashed

Rasadul Alam Rashed · Answer 4 · 2013-02-04T23:53:00

Solution 4

WebService is a method of communication between 2 electric devices over World Wide Web.
For more please visit..

http://cybarlab.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-are-difference-between-web-service.html

Posted 4-Feb-13 23:53pm

Rasadul Alam Rashed