How Does MTS Work?

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

This topic describes the elements of Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and explains how they provide the infrastructure and programming model to develop and deploy MTS components.

Elements of MTS

Contents

Application Components

MTS Executive

Server Processes

Resource Managers

Resource Dispensers

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

MTS Explorer