MSMQ uses paths and format names to identify a queue. Paths

specify a host name and a QueueName. Optionally, there can

be a Private$ between the host name and the QueueName to

indicate a private queue that is not published in the

Active Directory directory service.

Path names are mapped to “FormatNames” to determine

additional aspects of the address, including routing and

queue manager transfer protocol. The Queue Manager supports

two transfer protocols: native MSMQ protocol and SOAP

Reliable Messaging Protocol (SRMP).

The addressing of a queue in WCF is based on the following

pattern:

net.msmq: // <host-name> / [private/] <queue-name>

where:

•<host-name> is the name of the machine that hosts the

Target Queue.

•[private] is optional. It is used when addressing a Target

Queue that is a private queue.