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MSMQ vs WCF: What are the differences?
What is MSMQ? A technology for asynchronous messaging. This technology enables applications running at different times to communicate across heterogeneous networks and systems that may be temporarily offline. Applications send messages to queues and read messages from queues.
What is WCF? A runtime and a set of APIs for building connected, service-oriented applications. It is a framework for building service-oriented applications. Using this, you can send data as asynchronous messages from one service endpoint to another. A service endpoint can be part of a continuously available service hosted by IIS, or it can be a service hosted in an application.
MSMQ belongs to "Message Queue" category of the tech stack, while WCF can be primarily classified under "Realtime Backend / API".
Pros of MSMQ
- Easy to learn2
- Cloud not needed1
Pros of WCF
- Classes5
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Cons of MSMQ
- Windows dependency1