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what is difference with WCF and other web services ?

What are the main difference between web service and wcf service ? how to call both service?

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    Generally: WCF service is web service. – Ladislav Mrnka Feb 03 '11 at 11:50
  • Please search for [wcf][asmx] and you'll find many answers telling you the same thing: ASMX web services have been replaced by WCF. – John Saunders Feb 03 '11 at 11:52
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    People, please don't answer this duplicate question. – John Saunders Feb 03 '11 at 11:53
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    @Ladislav Mrnka - I could not disagree more. WCF can do everything a web service can do, but also much much more. Like in-process communication, use different protocols. Built in functionality for reliability, security, sessions and so on and so on... – Øyvind Bråthen Feb 03 '11 at 11:53
  • @Øyvind Knobloch-Bråthen: I posted it before John added ASMX tag. If we talk about Web service as is (not about ASMX implementation) the statement is valid. – Ladislav Mrnka Feb 03 '11 at 11:56

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This is a big question, but a WCF service is much more versatile and can do what a web service can do and much more. See this post for more detailed information regarding this issue.

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