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Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Client/Server Development Part I

This course introduces developing programs for an enterprise client/server environment. It introduces multi-tier application architecture, reviews how to instantiate a COM component, and describes how to make and compile COM configurations. It describes how COM components are registered and identified in the Windows registry. This course introduces the concept of transactions and describes the features and architecture of MTS. It defines the pros and cons of several multi-tier application architectures, and provides tips for installing server software and MTS. The course introduces Microsoft Transaction Server Explorer. It discusses how to assign components to packages and how to configure clients to ensure that those components work with MTS.

Enterprise Client/Server Development Part I training covers such topics as:

Creating COM DLLs
Understanding Microsoft Transaction Server
Using MTS Services

Visual Basic 6 Enterprise Client/Server Development Part II

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) is a tool that enlists objects and their associated resources into transactions, and manages those transactions to ensure that changes to data are made correctly. This course discusses the role of transactions in MTS, and explains how MTS uses a context to manage objects and transactions. Additionally, it covers the steps required to build MTS components that take advantage of MTS transactions and services. The course discusses how MTS provides security for a package and its interfaces, and how to configure MTS security.

Enterprise Client/Server Development Part II training covers such topics as:

Programming Transactions with MTS
MTS Security

This course is designed for intermediate to advanced Visual Basic application programmers. Completion of this course and other course titles from this curriculum prepares the learner for the Microsoft Exam #70-175: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Visual Basic 6.0.