Introducing Message Queuing
Message Queuing (formerly named MSMQ) is Microsoft’s foray into the world of messaging services. Message Queuing first made its appearance as an add-on in an option pack for Windows NT. Message Queuing 2.0, which added support for Active Directory, made its debut with Windows 2000; Windows XP introduced a largely similar Message Queuing 3.0, which includes the added ability to easily send a message to a queue over the Internet in a SOAP package and to forward messages to multiple recipients.
As with all optional Windows components, before you attempt to use Message Queuing, verify that you have it installed by opening the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog box. As a rule, I try to avoid discussing software setup for ...
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