Slow SoapHttpClientProtocol constructor

Question

I\'m doing some experiments with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. You interact with it through web services and I have added a Web Reference to my project. The web service interface

Answer 1

I came across this thread when trying to find out why my initial SoapHttpClientProtocol calls were taking so long.

I found that setting the Proxy to null/Empty stopped the Proxy AutoDetect from occurring - This was taking up to 7 seconds on the initial call:

this.Proxy = GlobalProxySelection.GetEmptyWebProxy();