Configuring MSDTC for multi-server BizTalk platforms

In a multiserver environment, the BizTalk Server runtime requires MSDTC. The runtime operations need MSDTC support to ensure that the operations are transactionally consistent. The runtime also depends upon some other components, such as SSO, BizTalk host instances, and any SQL Server instances that are connected to the BizTalk Server. In case MSDTC is not functioning properly, these components will get affected.

MSDTC is a component inside Component Services, as shown in the following screenshot:

Configuring MSDTC for multi-server BizTalk platforms

As you can imagine, it is important in a multi-server environment to have MSDTC properly setup and ...

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