Windows 7: Component Services

The Component Services screen in Windows 7.

Component Services is designed both for system administrators and for application developers.

For example, administrators can manage components, and developers can configure routine component and application behavior, such as participation in transactions and object pooling.

Component Services focuses on the administration of COM+ applications.

Developers use COM+ to develop distributed applications. Administrators use Component Services to manage those applications.

An administrator receives a COM+ application file from a developer and then uses Component Services to deploy that application on a server computer.

Next, the administrator configures permissions for the application, as well as other settings.

As an administrator, you can deploy and administer COM+ applications in two primary ways.

You can use the Component Services snap-in in Microsoft Management Console (MMC), or you can write scripts to automate deployment and administration.

As an alternative to using the Component Services MMC snap-in, you can automate any of the tasks by writing code that uses administration objects that are provided through the COMAdmin Library dynamic-link library (DLL).