COM+ and IIS7

Question

User1073881637 posted

This is probably a simple question but it'll come up at some point.  Where is my "component services" applet?  In IIS5/6 we use this option so we don't have to run 'regsvr32' on my server.  This appears to be gone.  My client / developer is going to say, here is my favorite classic COM+ component that I can't live with out.  How would an administrator handle this situation in IIS7?

Answer 1

User157784788 posted

The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is not just version 2.0 of the Microsoft Web Services platform (.ASMX). It will also replace the various distributed application environments that customers use today, i.e. COM+, DCOM, .NET Remoting and MSMQ.

More on - http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=25&i=1190

~ Ganesh

Answer 2

User114998471 posted

I don't know if there is a "new" shortcut for it but I can tell you how to find it :)

Run MMC and then add Component Services to the console.

I did this as Admin since the last thing I added required admin rights (cert services). To run as admin I had to right click a shortcut for mmc or cmd and select run as admin, then run mmc.

 
Works great and COM+ is there!

-c
 

Answer 3

User1420561398 posted

I usually do like this to launch Component Services.

• Press Windows + R
• Input 'dcomcnfg' and hit Enter.

I think this works on Vista too.