Adding a New MTS Role

[This product will work only on Windows NT 4.0 versions and earlier. For Windows 2000 and later, see COM+ (Component Services).]

Although new roles are usually added during package development, you may have to add a new role to an existing package. Roles represent a set of system-level privileges that are required for a particular business function. Roles are set at the package level. You can use the MTS Explorer to map Windows NT users or groups of users to the roles that you create.

To create a new role:

1. In the left pane of the Explorer, select the package that will include the role.
2. Open the Roles folder.
3. On the Action menu and click New. You can also select the Roles folder and click the Create new object button, or right-click the Roles folder and select New and then Role.
4. In the dialog box that appears, type the name of the new role.
5. Click OK.

Caution Package security will not be enabled unless you map a valid user to a package role.

See Also

Mapping MTS Roles to Users and Groups, Enabling MTS Package Security, Setting MTS Package Identity, Roles Folder, Managing Users for MTS Roles