Product Description

Microsoft are promoting their Distributed interNet Architecture (DNA) as a platform for developing fully distributed applications, but they don't seem to be having to much success at getting DNA adopted. The fault lies in trying to push DNA as a solution in itself, rather that pushing the ideas that make it good, i.e.:n-tier client/server applications~Client transparency~Distributed applications~Fully transactional~Fault tolerant~The core of DNA is the use of business objects in a middle tier of the application, and this is supported by two new technologies: Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), which is a component manager offering full transaction support; and Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ), which provides the fault-tolerance required in distributed application. Together, these make it simple to build into the DNA dream.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #962332 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 512 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're thinking of powering your next Web site with the latest in Microsoft Internet technologies, and you program in Visual Basic (VB), then Professional MTS and MSMQ with VB and ASP is for you. This fast-paced tutorial gives you a crash course in using Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and the new Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Server, along with other Microsoft tools, for creating dynamic, commerce-enabled Web sites and Web-based applications. The authors provide a step-by-step guide to configuring and designing with VBScript, active server pages (ASPs) using transactions, and the new capabilities of message queuing (which permits systems to be designed with fault tolerance in mind.) Readable and to the point, this guide will likely be all you need for getting the basics of the best in designing Web sites using Microsoft's latest Web tools. --Jake Bond

From the Publisher
This book gets straight down to basics, introducing the concept of DNA and showing it in action. It allows developers to grasp the whole structure of distributed and web-based applications, and then see how the various parts and built and how they interact. There will be a case study around which the book is organized, giving a logical progression through the principles and implementation of the design, development, and final result. This case study is a car retail showroom, where the availablability of cars can be checked, and order placed with the manufacturer

About the Author
Dave Sussman is a freelance developer and trainer in London. He has been using Access since its first release, and now specialises in training and developing client/server solutions around Access, Visual Basic and SQL Server.

Alex Homer is a software consultant and developer, who lives and works in the idyllic rural surroundings of Derbyshire UK. His company, Stonebroom Software, specializes in office integration and Internet-related development, and produces a range of vertical application software. He has worked with Wrox Press on several projects.

Customer Reviews

An intro to MTS and MSMQ at the most
This book gives you an idea why you would want to use MTS and MSMQ, and how to use it. However, it doesn't discuss the intricacies of managing and designing MTS and MSMQ servers. It's a good intro, but definitely not your last book on MTS and MSMQ.

Lacking in depth, poorly edited
In addition to the extremely poor editing that seems to be common to many WROX books, I find that this book lacks information in many basic areas in MTS and MSMQ, for example there is not a single entry in the index regarding the shared property manager. Most other books I have seen that even survey MTS at least mention the SPM. It also has no information regarding regarding performance issues (that I can find, there is no entry in the index).

Some chapters are OK, but overall the depth is lacking.

I would consider this a fair introduction, but "professional" it is not. I would give it a better review if it was called "Beginning".

I am very much intrested in knowing maore details about MTS
I am intrested wheathet THe MTS Engine how actually the Data Base is Opening And Closeing if data base etc