Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and DCOM

ID: Q239917

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 4.0, 4.0 SP4, Terminal Server Edition

SUMMARY

You can use Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) to run distributed programs across multiple computers in a network. A distributed program consists of multiple processes that cooperate to accomplish a task.


MORE INFORMATION

The processes can run on one or more computers. DCOM has four activation models:

  • Anonymous: The server performs processing tasks for the client without knowing the identity of the client program.


  • Identity: The server program verifies the identity of the client program.


  • Impersonate: The server program impersonates the client program only by running tasks as the client program.


  • Delegate: The server program performs processing tasks on another computer as the client program.


Terminal Server only supports anonymous connections for DCOM programs that Terminal Server itself hosts. This behavior is by design.

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Version : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP4
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: August 30, 1999
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