Problem
When querying a web service using the WCF Test Client you might encounter the below error message. In this article I’ll show you how to resolve this issue.
The maximum message size quota for incoming messages (65536) has been exceeded.

The WCF Test Client can be quite a useful tool when developing .Net web services using Visual Studio, however sometimes you don’t need it automatically launching when you start your project … it gets quite annoying!
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