What Is COM+?

Before we progress any further into describing COM+, allow us to set your mind at ease by saying this: Almost everything you know about COM still applies. After all, COM definitely takes no small degree of dedication to learn well, and it would be very disheartening to have to ride the same learning curve once again. The interesting thing about COM+ is that it isn't this strange, new monster, but merely some nice evolutionary changes to COM exist combined with the integration of some of Microsoft's COM-based services that you might already be familiar with. In plain English, COM+ can be boiled down to this: COM with a few new features, integrated with Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ).

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