19.2. COM+ Application Overview

A COM+ application is the primary unit of administration and security for Component Services. The application is a group of COM components that generally perform related functions. These components further consists of interfaces and methods, as shown in Figure 19.1.

Figure 19.1. COM+ Application Overview

You can use the Component Services administrative tool to create new COM+ applications, add components to applications, and set the attributes for an application and its components. By creating logical groups of COM components as COM+ applications, you can take advantage of the following benefits of COM+:

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