19.4. COM+ Design Assumptions and Principles

The Microsoft WinDNA (Windows Distributed interNet Applications) model consists of several technologies, including MSMQ, IIS, DCOM, and COM+. All of these services were designed for use by distributed applications. COM+ was developed to facilitate the creation of distributed applications. The overall architecture is based on a set of assumptions and principles. The three assumptions are as follows:

  • The COM+ application will support multiple users across multiple servers. In other words, you are building a distributed application. These multiple users are going to be on different host machines from that on which the code runs. Users are going to access the code via the Internet or via a private network. ...

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