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How to create scalable services with WCF 4.0 Router and Discovery services

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21 Mar 2011CPOL17 min read 119K   2.3K   113  
This article shows how to make a service scale beyond one machine, and use load-balancing and fault tolerance with WCF Router and WCF Discovery.
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I am currently working as a team leader with a group of amazing .NET programmers. I love coding with .NET, and I love to apply design patterns into my work. Lately I had some free time, so I decided to write some articles, hoping I will spare someone frustration and anxiety.

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