TheMicrosoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is a component ofMicrosoft Windows that is responsible for coordinatingtransactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems. MSDTC is included inWindows 2000 and later operating systems, and is also available forWindows NT 4.0.

MSDTC performs the transaction coordination role for components, usually withCOM 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.

• Microsoft Transaction Server
• List of Microsoft Windows components
• Kernel Transaction Manager
• Windows Vista I/O technologies

• Distributed Transaction Coordinator on the Microsoft Developer Network
• [1]; Mohsen Agsen is a Technical Fellow who formed the core transaction group, which designed and delivered the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)

• Transaction processing
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