Quick look at COM+ and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)

Posted: 16.10.2001 15.55.31 (EET/GMT+2)

If you need to build scalable server-side applications on Windows 2000, COM+ extends COM and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) with additional application services.

COM+ applications are managed through the Component Services administration tool:

Start
 -> Programs
    -> Administrative Tools
        -> Component Services

COM+ provides services like:

Transactions
Object pooling
Role-based security
Queued components

Applications are installed into COM+ packages, which manage activation and runtime behavior.

MTS applications from Windows NT 4.0 can also be migrated into COM+ on Windows 2000.