Deploying WCF and Silverlight Applications on IIS 5 and 7

Contents

1. Prerequisites

• 1.1. Server side
• 1.2. Client side
• 1.3. Local Area Network

Creation of a WCF service

Configuring a WCF application on IIS 5

• 3.1 Check for IIS in the server machine
• 3.2. Hosting a WCF service on IIS 5
• 3.3. Testing the WCF service

Configuring a WCF application on IIS 7

• 4.1. Installing IIS 7 in the machine
• 4.2. Hosting the WCF service on IIS 7
• 4.3. Testing the WCF service

Configure the security parameters for Silverlight

1. Prerequisites
In this article I would like to dive into the configuration and deployment of WCF services used by a Silverlight client on IIS 5 and IIS 7.

The prerequisites for this article are as follows:

1.1 Server side

You should have installed the following:

    Windows XP or Window 7
    IIS installed
    .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 (recommended)

1.2 Client side
Silverlight 2, 3, or 4 (preferably the right version of Silverlight; if the right version is not used, the Silverlight application would be non-functional).

1.3. Local Area Network
A Local Area Network is essential to test our application.

2. Creation of a WCF Service

To create a WCF service, you have to define the Service Contract that has to be exposed to the client. An example of a service contract interface for a calculator service is shown below:

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