WCF in IIS, using MSMQ in workgroup mode

I've been trying out MSMQ with WCF, but I can't seem to get it to work properly. I've got the client (which sends messages to the queue) working, by using WCF and a service reference. The code that does this is more or less this:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var client = new MsmqServiceReference.MsmqContractClient();
    client.SendMessage("TEST");
    client.Close();
    Console.ReadKey();
}

Where MsmqContractClient is a proxy generated by visual studio when I add a service reference. The endpoint in the app.config is pointing to a msmqueue:

<client>
  <endpoint 
    address="net.msmq://localhost/private/MsmqService/MsmqService.svc"
    binding="netMsmqBinding"  
    bindingConfiguration="MsmqBindingNonTransactionalNoSecurity"
    contract="MsmqServiceReference.IMsmqContract" name="MsmqService" />
</client>

This works, messages are being posted to the queue.

Now I am trying to actually get the service to work, but I keep getting this error:

Binding validation failed because the binding's MsmqAuthenticationMode property is set to WindowsDomain but MSMQ is installed with Active Directory integration disabled. The channel factory or service host cannot be opened.

Things I've tried are:

give everyone full access (including anonymous logon) to the queue

configuring the app to use a specific binding from the config file using:

<bindings>
  <netMsmqBinding>
     <binding name="MsmqBindingNonTransactionalNoSecurity" 
              deadLetterQueue="Custom" 
              exactlyOnce="false">
       <security mode="None" />
     </binding>
  </netMsmqBinding>
</bindings>

I tried running the app pool in IIS (7) under my own account and administrator account

What stumps me is that it

c# wcf iis msmq

Edit Report

Not sure if this is going to solve your concrete problem here, but there's a really good three-part blog post series by Tom Hollander:

Also, since the Active Directory stuff seems to be the problem, have you tried to tell your MSMQ binding to not use AD ??

<bindings>
  <netMsmqBinding>
     <binding name="MsmqBindingNonTransactionalNoSecurity" 
              deadLetterQueue="Custom" exactlyOnce="false"
              useActiveDirectory="false">   <== try this setting here!
        <security mode="None" />
     </binding>
  </netMsmqBinding>
</bindings>

answered 2010-12-20T20:21:51.367

WCF in IIS, using MSMQ in workgroup mode

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