Setting Authentication in COM+

In COM+, authentication settings and effects depend on whether you are working with a server application or a library application.

For COM+ server applications, you set an authentication level that determines how authentication is performed when clients call into components within the application. For more information, see Setting an Authentication Level for a Server Application.

For COM+ library applications, you enable or disable authentication to determine whether or not the application is subject to the authentication performed by the hosting process. For more information, see Enabling Authentication for a Library Application.

For an overview of authentication in COM+, see Authentication in COM+.