WCF Error “Maximum number of items that can be serialized or deserialized in an object graph is ‘65536’”

Configuring the below values solved the problem for me.

Client Config:

<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
  <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IManagementService" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
    openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
    allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
    maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
    messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
    useDefaultWebProxy="true">
    <readerQuotas maxDepth="128" maxStringContentLength="2147483647"
      maxArrayLength="16384" maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
    <security mode="None">
      <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
        realm="" />
      <message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
    </security>
  </binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://XXXX/ManagementService.svc"
  binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IManagementService"
  contract="ManagementServiceReference.IManagementService"
  name="BasicHttpBinding_IManagementService" behaviorConfiguration="ManagementServiceBehaviour"/>
</client>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
  <behavior name="ManagementServiceBehaviour">
    <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647"/>
  </behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>

Server Config:

<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
  <behavior name="ManagementServiceBehaviour">
    <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
    <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
    <dataContractSerializer ignoreExtensionDataObject="false" maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483646" />
  </behavior>
  <behavior name="">
    <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
    <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
  </behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
  <binding name="BasicHttpBinding" maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" closeTimeout="01:50:00" openTimeout="01:50:00" sendTimeout="01:50:00" receiveTimeout="01:50:00" >
    <readerQuotas maxDepth="128" maxStringContentLength="8388608" maxArrayLength="16384" maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
  </binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>

<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="ManagementServiceBehaviour" name="BusinessLogic.Facade.EntityFacade.Services.ManagementService">
  <endpoint binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding" contract="BusinessLogic.Facade.EntityFacade.Contracts.IManagementService">
    <identity>
      <dns value="" />
    </identity>
  </endpoint>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>

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