Multi-site WCF Service

From what you have said, there are two sites, each with 5 PCs, and one server. In each case the server runs a WCF service, that some application on the 5 PCs will access.

You said you have a WCF service. You didn't say how you were accessing it - in other words what the client app is.

Supposing that you use WCF client libraries, You can specify the binding address in configuration (app.exe.config), or in application code.
if you connect via a browser and AJAX, it's just a different URL that you specify.
if you use something else, then... ?

Also I don't understand what you mean by "bypass the firewall". This doesn't bypass any firewalls and I don't think you want to. It might traverse a firewall, but not bypass it.

And, this leaves it up to YOU to figure out how to enable or disable access to the of-site service, whether that is an administrative/privileged user thing, or just a user-selectable address. An example of the latter would be to allow the user to select "Site A" or "Site B" in a dropdown box, within a WPF UI.

I have suggested what you have said, but what they want is a single address/binding/contract on each users machine. When a user connects to the server that is an administrator, they then want logic to send the request to Site B from the server, and not on the client.I am in a position where I cannot disagree, as my suggestion was to have the logic on the client so that when they request data from site B you just change the endpoint, "they" want this to happen on the server.Part of the issue is a lack of understanding of service orientation, but you work with what you have.

vault 2010-03-27 09:59:45

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