Sample Planning Worksheets
Sample Planning Worksheets |
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As a development platform, Windows 2000 offers Component Object Model (COM) and Distributed COM (DCOM) support that extends a development team's capabilities to efficiently create more scalable component-based applications. Table A.6 highlights Component Application Services features.
Table A.6 Component Application Services
| Feature | Role of this feature within my organization |
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| Queued Components
Developers and administrators can choose the appropriate communications protocol (DCOM or asynchronous) to use at the time of deployment. |
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| Publish and Subscribe
COM Events provide a uniform publish and subscribe mechanism for all Windows 2000 Server applications. |
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| Transaction Services
Provides information updates by calling an application on a mainframe or sending and receiving a message to or from a message queue. |
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| Message Queuing Services
Ensures that a message transaction is either completed or safely rolled back to the enterprise environment. |
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| Web Application Services
Developers can use Active Server Pages to build a Web-based front-end to their existing server-based applications. |
For more information about deploying Windows 2000 Component Application Services and the Microsoft® Security Support Provider Interface, see "Determining Windows 2000 Network Security Strategies" in this book. For more information for developers, see the MSDN™ Platform SDK link on the Web Resources page at http://windows.microsoft.com/windows2000/reskit/webresources .
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You might want to discuss these features and their potential business value with members of your application development team. Their knowledge can assist you in determining the potential business value of these technologies to your organization.