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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:00 AM

Configuring TCP Activation from the Command Line

Can I configure non-HTTP web service activation from the command line? Yes, and you don't need any special tools if you're already familiar with configuring IIS from the command line. I've already talked about how to configure a new web site or application
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Friday, August 03, 2007 5:00 AM

Choosing a Port

A common question is what port should be chosen for publishing a service. I'm assuming that the question is being asked because no one has told you that you must use a certain port for contractual or operational reasons. If you have to use a particular
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Monday, January 08, 2007 5:00 AM

Hosting on Machines with Multiple Addresses

I have a machine with multiple network cards. How do I control which networks my service listens on? The answer to this question is going to be specific to the transport that you're using. I'll cover the HTTP and TCP transports that WCF ships with. Talking
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:00 AM

Format for Configuring HTTP and TCP Activation

IIS uses some inscrutable strings to configure the activatable bindings of a web site. Here's the minimum you need to interpret a binding and get started working with activation. Activation is controlled by the activationHost.config file. In the list
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Friday, October 20, 2006 5:00 AM

Keeping Connections Open in IIS

My web service needs to periodically broadcast messages to clients. The service is an Internet-facing application hosted inside of IIS. What's the best way to do this? The big limitation in this scenario is that your clients might be behind a firewall
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:00 AM

An Unanticipated Addendum for Certain MEX Scenarios

I wrote the article on MEX endpoints about a month ago after someone asked the question on one of our internal mailing lists. I wrote the NetTcp Port Sharing sample about a month ago as well. Late at night I needed to test that the MEX endpoint code compiled
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