Can WCF RIA Services be themselves?

Question

I know that WCF can be hosted on its own. what about WCF RIA services? Thanks!

Answer 1

Actually, it can be placed after a small configuration:

DomainServiceHost host = new DomainServiceHost(typeof(DomainService1), uri); host.Description.Behaviors.Remove<AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsAttribute>(); 

Answer 2

WCF RIA services are created on top of WCF, and they become available as WCF services. See WCF RIA Services on MSDN .

Answer 3

According to this forum topic on MSDN , this cannot be done because RIA services establish ASP.NET compatibility so IIS hosting is required.