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Application server protocols provide an environment in which applications can interoperate, regardless of whether they run on remote computers, or whether the computers run different operating systems. These protocols are organized into three groups:
Component Object Model (COM)-based technologies (section 2.2.1) such as COM+ and Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) that provide support for object-oriented applications.
Transaction processing services (section 2.2.2), which provides distributed transaction processing across multiple operating systems. The Transaction Processing Services Protocols Overview [MS-TPSOD] provides a conceptual overview, functional architecture, and use cases of the Windows transaction processing protocols.
Message Queuing (MSMQ) (section 2.2.3), which supports asynchronous communications between intermittently connected applications. The Message Queuing Protocols Overview [MS-MQOD] provides a conceptual overview, functional architecture, and use cases of the Microsoft Message Queuing protocols.
Note The term application server sometimes includes web server software and web services. However, in this document, those technologies are treated separately.