Following are the various options available today for hosting WCF service with the features provided by them :
1. Self Hosted : Console application, Easy to deploy, not recommended for production environments.
2. Windows Service : no IIS required, Robust environment, message-activation not supported, recommended for light weight/use services.
3. IIS 5.1, IIS 6.0 : all the health controlling/monitoring features of IIS available, support HTTP only, scalable.
4. Windows Activation Service (WAS) : available from Longhorn/Vista, no IIS required, health controlling/monitoring features available.
5. IIS 7.0 : all the WAS benefits available, recommended if asp.net content needs to be executed.
To summarize, if the OS is Longhorn/Vista the WAS is the most recommended Host.
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