How To Search for COM+ Knowledge Base articles (252318)

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Keywords for COM+

Category	KB keywords
All COM+ related articles	kbCOMPLus
Administration	kbCOMPLus kbSysAdmin
Database access	kbCOMPLus kbDatabase
Debugging	kbCOMPLus kbDebug
Deployment	kbCOMPLus kbDeployment
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)	kbCOMPLus kbDTC
Error messages	kbCOMPLus kbErrMsg
Performance	kbCOMPLus kbPerformance
Samples	kbCOMPLus kbSamples
Scalability	kbCOMPLus kbScalability
Security	kbCOMPLus kbSecurity
Visual Basic	kbCOMPLus kbVBp
Visual C++	kbCOMPLus kbVC

COM+ provides specific services like component queuing, loosely coupled events, asynchronous calls, and other services. By adding the following keywords to your search you can limit the scope to specific COM+ features:

Category	Keywords
COM+ Asynchronous calls	kbCOMPlusAsync
Administration	kbCOMPlusAdmin
COM+ catalog administration and development	kbCOMPlusCatalog
COM+ context-related issues (threading models, synchronization boundaries, transaction flow)	kbCOMPlusContext
COM+ Compensating Resource Manager	kbCOMPlusCRM
COM+ loosely coupled events (also called 'COM+ Events')	kbCOMPlusLCE
COM+ queued components	kbCOMPlusQC

Additional useful keywords

Category	Keywords
Third-party tools, components, and utilities	kb3rdparty
Administrative	kbSysAdmin
ASP	kbASP
DCOM	kbDCOM
MSMQ issues	kbMSMQ
ADO	kbADO
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC - includes OLE DB, ODBC, ADO, ADO-MD)	kbMDAC
Documentation fixes	kbDocFix
Oracle	kbOracle
Security	kbSecurity
SQL Server	kbSQLServ

Use the following searching instructions to maximize results at each search portal.

Note The portals may be updated in the future. Therefore, the steps may be slightly different from what is indicated here.

• Knowledge Base Search http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=kbinfo
  1. In the Select a Microsoft Product list, click All Microsoft Products.
  2. In the Using list, click All of the words entered.
  3. In the Search for box, type a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria.
     
     Examples:
     • kbCOMPlus - Returns all COM+ articles.
     • kbCOMPLus kbXML - Returns all COM+ articles that discuss XMLdatabase issues.
     • kbCOMPLus management - Returns all COM+ articles that discuss management. Note that management is not a keyword, it is just additional criteria.
  4. Click Go to run your search.
• MSDN Advanced Search http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?st=a
  1. In the Choose a Microsoft.com site list, click KB articles.
  2. In the Choose a search category list, click All categories.
  3. In the All of these words box, type a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria.
     
     Examples:
     • kbCOMPlus - Returns all COM+ articles.
     • kbCOMPLus kbXML - Returns all COM+ articles that discuss XMLdatabase issues.
     • kbCOMPLus management - Returns all COM+ articles that discuss management. Note that management is not a keyword, it is just additional criteria.
  4. Click Go to run your search.