COM+ Applications Running as Service Applications

COM+ developers can use the Component Services administrative tool to configure and implement a COM+ server application as a service application. This means that the server can be automatically started or restarted if your application always needs to be running; that your COM+ application can run as the local system account if it needs to perform privileged operations; and that your application's dependent services can now be started automatically.

The following topics provide background and task information about configuring your applications to run as service applications.

Topic Description
COM+ Service Application Concepts Provides an overview of the benefits of running a COM+ server application as a service application.
COM+ Service Application Tasks Provides instructions for configuring a COM+ server application as a service.