Binding

Configuration Element

Description

BasicHttpBinding

<basicHttpBinding>

A binding that is suitable for communicating with WS-Basic Profile conformant Web services, for example, ASP.NET Web services (ASMX)-based services. This binding uses HTTP as the transport and text/XML as the default message encoding.

WSHttpBinding

<wsHttpBinding>

A secure and interoperable binding that is suitable for nonduplex service contracts.

WSDualHttpBinding

<wsDualHttpBinding>

A secure and interoperable binding that is suitable for duplex service contracts or communication through SOAP intermediaries.

WSFederationHttpBinding

<wsFederationHttpBinding>

A secure and interoperable binding that supports the WS-Federation protocol, enabling organizations that are in a federation to efficiently authenticate and authorize users.

NetTcpBinding

<netTcpBinding>

A secure and optimized binding suitable for cross-machine communication between WCF applications.

NetNamedPipeBinding

<netNamedPipeBinding>

A secure, reliable, optimized binding that is suitable for on-machine communication between WCF applications.

NetMsmqBinding

<netMsmqBinding>

A queued binding that is suitable for cross-machine communication between WCF applications.

NetPeerTcpBinding

<netPeerTcpBinding>

A binding that enables secure, multimachine communication.

MsmqIntegrationBinding

<msmqIntegrationBinding>

A binding that is suitable for cross-machine communication between a WCF application and existing Message Queuing (also known as MSMQ) applications.