Welcome to Microsoft Transaction Server

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) is a component-based transaction processing system for developing, deploying, and managing high performance, scalable, and robust server applications. MTS defines a programming model, and provides a run-time environment and graphical administration tool for managing enterprise applications.

MTS includes the following:

  • The MTS run-time environment.
  • The MTS Explorer user interface for deploying and managing application components.
  • Application programming interfaces and resource dispensers for making applications scalable and robust.

Developers can use popular tools like Visual Basic, Visual C++, or Visual J++ to easily build MTS server applications without complex programming.

This documentation contains:

  • Setting Up Microsoft Transaction Server: Explains how to install Microsoft Transaction Server and set up an MTS deployment server.
  • Getting Started with Microsoft Transaction Server: Describes new features in MTS and provides pointers to MTS product documentation.
  • Quick Tour of Microsoft Transaction Server: Provides a tour of the features in MTS.
  • Microsoft Transaction Server Administrator's Guide: Explains how to deploy and administer MTS applications using the MTS Explorer.
  • Microsoft Transaction Server Programmer's Guide: Describes how to design, build, and implement effective and scalable MTS applications. Note that the MTS Programmer's Guide is installed using the Custom option in Setup.

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