| Hosting Option | Description |
| Self-Hosting | A WCF Service can be Self-Hosted using a console application or a win form application |
| Window Service | Hosting using a Window Service |
| Internet Information Service (IIS) | Hosting within IIS supports only HTTP bindings. Out of the box, Non HTTP binding are not supported |
| Windows Activation Services (WAS) | Hosting a WCF service using IIS 7 with WAS support all binding including the Non-HTTP bindings such as a TCP, MSMQ etc |