Building and hosting services for WCF

Overview of Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services explaining how to create and configure WCF services.

The IBM MQ custom channel for WCF and the WCF services which use it, can be hosted by the following methods:

  • Self-hosting
  • Windows Service
The IBM MQ custom channel for WCF cannot be hosted in Windows Process Activation Service.

The following topics provide some simple self-hosting examples to demonstrate the steps involved. The Microsoft WCF online documentation, which contains further information and the latest details, can be found on the Microsoft MSDN website at http://msdn.microsoft.com.