The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is a component of modern versions of
Microsoft Windows
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that is responsible for coordinating
transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems. MSDTC is included in
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses. It was the direct successor to Windows NT 4.0, and was released to manufacturing on December 15, 1999, and was officially ...
and later operating systems, and is also available for
Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses. It is the direct successor to Windows NT 3.51, which was released to manufacturing on July 31, 1996, and then to retai ...
.
MSDTC performs the transaction coordination role for components, usually with
COM
Com or COM may refer to:
Computing
* COM (hardware interface), a serial port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers
* COM file, or .com file, short for "command", a file extension for an executable file in MS-DOS
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and
.NET architectures. In MSDTC terminology, the director is called the transaction manager.
By default, the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is installed with Windows 2000. It cannot be uninstalled through Add/Remove Programs.
See also
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Microsoft Transaction Server Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) was software that provided services to Component Object Model (COM) software components, to make it easier to create large distributed applications. The major services provided by MTS were automated transaction ...
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List of Microsoft Windows components
The following is a list of Microsoft Windows components.
Configuration and maintenance
User interface
Applications and utilities
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File systems
Core components
Services
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Kernel Transaction Manager
Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) is a component of the Windows operating system kernel in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that enables applications to use atomic transactions on resources by making them available as kernel objects.
Overview
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Windows Vista I/O technologies
Windows Vista introduced a number of new I/O functions to the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. They are intended to shorten the time taken to boot the system, improve the responsiveness of the system, and improve the reliability of dat ...
External links
Distributed Transaction Coordinatoron the Microsoft Developer Network
Mohsen Agsen is a Technical Fellow who formed the core transaction group, which designed and delivered the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
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