Microsoft Transaction Server and Message Queuing

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Windows Management and Instrumentation (WMI) are some of the Windows application services which are provided by Microsoft’s COM interfaces. Microsoft recommends that developers use the Microsoft .NET Framework rather than COM for new development.

The first question that comes to our mind is what is Microsoft Transaction Server? Microsoft Transaction Server or MTS is a component-based programming model and runtime environment for developing and deploying, and managing high-performance, scalable, and robust enterprise Internet and intranet server applications.

In December 1996 MTS 1.0 was released which combines power, flexibility, and low cost of desktop applications with the mission-critical transaction processing features previously found on high-end mainframes. MTS requires Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and accommodates both Windows NT and Windows 95-based clients with DCOM support.

Microsoft Transaction Server and Message Queuing uses a component-based application development model with a transaction processing runtime infrastructure which enables you to break down your business logic into ActiveX™ components that can be updated and managed easily. The development tools like Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++, COBOL, Powerbuilder, Optima++, or Vision Builder are used to build ActiveX single-user components as in-process DLLs. The MTS runtime environment is then executed with the installation of DLLs. You can create your application from components you build yourself, components you share with other applications, or components you buy from a third party.

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