Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services Training in Boulder Colorado

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively build scalable distributed applications that use Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

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Module 1: Introduction to COM+ Services

This module covers the evolution of applications from monolithic applications to client/server applications to component-based applications and the supporting application infrastructure that COM+ services provides. The module also covers the COM+ runtime architecture and how it uses surrogates context and interception to provide services to components.

Lessons

History of Server-Based Applications

The COM+ Runtime Architecture

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe the history of server-based applications.

Describe the COM+ runtime architecture.

Module 2: Configuring Just-in-Time Activation and Synchronization

This module describes the attributes that you can assign to components and how to write a serviced component. This module also describes how to access the object context from within code JIT activation synchronization the relationship between synchronization and JIT activation and how you can set JIT activation and synchronization for a component.

Lessons

The .NET Enterprise Services Programming Model

JIT Activation

Synchronization

Lab 2: Configuring Just-in-Time Activation

Exercise 1: Creating a Serviced Component

Exercise 2: Using a Serviced Component

After completing this module students will be able to:

Use attributes to configure an assembly as a COM+ application.

Create components that use JIT activation.

Create components that are synchronized.

Module 3: Using ADO.NET to Work With Data

This module describes how to run a query and retrieve a result set by using ADO.NET. The module also covers how to pass parameters to a stored procedure create typed DataSet objects and use construction strings to specify connection information to establish a connection to a data source.

Lessons

The ADO.NET Architecture

Accessing a SQL Server Database

Lab 3: Using ADO.NET in a Serviced Component

Exercise 1: Creating a New Typed Dataset

Exercise 2: Updating the PurchasingSelect Component

Exercise 3: Updating the OrderProcessing Component

Exercise 4: Modifying the PlaceOrder Web Page

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe the ADO.NET architecture and namespace classes.

Use the classes provided by the SqlClient namespace to retrieve and update data from a Microsoft SQL ServerTM 2000 database.

Module 4: Transaction Services

This module describes transaction processing how it is implemented in .NET Enterprise Services and how you add attributes to code to enable transaction processing.

Lessons

Introduction to Transaction Processing

.NET Enterprise Services Transactions

Lab 4: Using Transaction Services

Exercise 1: Creating a Transactional Component

Exercise 2: Updating the OrderProcessing Component

Exercise 3: Updating the OrderApp Web Application

Exercise 4: Testing with the OrderApproval Client

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe transaction processing and how it is implemented in .NET Enterprise Services.

Use the classes defined in the EnterpriseServices namespace to implement transaction processing.

Module 5: Securing Enterprise Applications

This module explains how to implement COM+ role-based security in serviced components by using .NET Enterprise Services.

Lessons

Introduction to Application Security

Implementing COM+ Role-Based Security

Authentication and Impersonation

Lab 5: Securing Enterprise Applications

Exercise 1: Updating the PurchasingUpdate component

Exercise 2: Updating the OrderProcessing Component

Exercise 3: Updating the OrderApproval Client

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe the security model offered by COM+ and how it is used with other security mechanisms.

Help protect your application by using COM+ role-based security.

Configure authentication and impersonation levels to balance security requirements with performance and flexibility requirements.

Module 6: State Management

This module describes how to manage state in .NET Enterprise Services. It explains how to use the shared property manager (SPM) to store state use ASP.NET applications to store application and session state and use ASP.NET caching.

Lessons

Introduction to State Management

Using the Shared Property Manager

Using ASP.NET to Store State

Lab 6: Managing Component State

Exercise 1: Updating the OrderProcessing Component

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe the need for state management and the techniques for implementing state management.

Maintain state by using the SPM.

Maintain state by using ASP.NET application and session state and ASP.NET caching.

Module 7: Compensating Resource Managers

This module describes the architecture of compensating resource managers (CRMs) and how to implement CRMs.

Lessons

Introduction to Compensating Resource Managers

Implementing Compensating Resource Managers

Lab 7: Implementing Compensating Resource Managers

Exercise 1: Creating the OrderDocCRM Component

Exercise 2: Updating the OrderProcessing Component

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe the architecture of CRMs.

Implement a CRM.

Module 8: Loosely Coupled Events

This module describes the architecture of Loosely Coupled Events (LCEs) and the LCE system. This module also describes how to configure and implement publishers subscribers and event classes.

Lessons

Introduction to Loosely Coupled Events

COM+ Events

Using Loosely Coupled Events

Lab 8: Using Loosely Coupled Events

Exercise 1: Creating an Event Class

Exercise 2: Creating a Publisher

Exercise 3: Creating a Subscriber

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe why LCEs are needed.

Describe the architecture of the LCE system.

Configure the LCE system programmatically and by using the Component Services administrative tool.

Implement publishers subscribers and event classes.

Module 9: Queued Components

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons

Introduction to Queuing

Developing Queued Components

Queued Components and Transactions

Lab 9: Creating a Queued Component

Exercise 1: Creating a Queued Component

Exercise 2: Calling the Queued Component

After completing this module students will be able to:

List the advantages of using asynchronous messaging in a distributed systems environment.

Explain the purposes of the recorder listener and player in the Queued Components architecture.

List additional component design considerations introduced by asynchronous messaging.

Install and configure a queued component in a COM+ application.

Instantiate a queued component by using the queue and new monikers.

Module 10: Debugging COM+ Applications

In this module you will learn how to debug applications that use .NET Enterprise Services.

Lessons

Debugging Tools

Common Debugging Scenarios

Lab 10: Debugging COM+ Applications

Exercise 1: Debugging DCOM Problems

Exercise 2: Debugging Transaction Problems

Exercise 3: Debugging Security Problems

After completing this module students will be able to:

Debug COM+ applications by using tools such as the Microsoft Visual Studio debugger.

Debug some common problems in COM+ applications.

Module 11: Deploying and Administering COM+ Applications

This module introduces the COMAdmin objects and additional techniques and tools for deploying and administering COM+ applications. It describes the advantages and drawbacks of each technique so that students can select the one most appropriate for your application.

Lessons

Deploying a COM+ Application Built Using .NET Enterprise Services

Using COMAdmin Objects in WSH Scripts

Lab 11: Administering COM+ Applications

Exercise 1: Creating a COM+ Application

Exercise 2: Adding a Role to a COM+ Application

Exercise 3: Deleting a COM+ Application

Exercise 4 (Optional): Exposing a COM+ Application as an XML Web Service

Exercise 5 (Optional): Creating the OrderDispatch Service

After completing this module students will be able to:

Deploy a COM+ application.

Use Microsoft Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts to do common deployment and administrative tasks such as creating an application or adding components to an application.

Module 12: COM+ 1.5 Enhancements

This module explains how to use new COM+ version 1.5 features that help you manage scale and maximize the uptime of your COM+ application more efficiently. The module also explains how to use .NET Enterprise Services without having to implement serviced components.

Lessons

Scalability and Availability Enhancements

Manageability Enhancements

Other COM+ Features

After completing this module students will be able to:

Use COM+ 1.5 features to improve the scalability and availability of COM+ applications.

Use COM+ 1.5 features to improve the manageability of COM+ applications.

Use COM+ features such as SWC BYOT and Phase Zero notification in your applications.

Related Exams

This course will help students prepare for these Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

Exam 70-310: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework

Exam 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework

Student Pre-Requisites

Before attending this course students must have:

Experience building assemblies by using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET or Microsoft Visual C# .

Experience handling database transactions in program code.

In addition it is recommended but not required that students have completed:

Course 2349: Programming with the Microsoft .NET Framework (Microsoft Visual C# .NET).

Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.The following software is provided in the student kit:

Evaluation copy of Microsoft Windows XP Professional for classroom use only

Program Goals

After completing this course students will be able to:

Describe the history of server-based applications and describe the COM+ runtime architecture.

Use attributes to configure an assembly as a COM+ application and create components that use just-in-time (JIT) activation and are synchronized.

Create data access components that use Microsoft ADO.NET to retrieve or update data in a database.

Create transactional components.

Help protect an enterprise application by using COM+ services role-based security.

Manage state in JIT activated components.

Create compensating resource managers to enable transactional support for resources lacking a resource manager.

Use loosely coupled events to send notifications to other applications.

Create queued components.

Debug COM+ applications and describe common application-failure scenarios and how to solve these failures.

Create scripts for managing deployment and administration.

Use the enhancements provided by COM+ version 1.5 to improve the scalability availability and manageability of COM+ applications and use COM+ features such as services without components (SWCs) bring your own transaction (BYOT) and Phase Zero notification in applications.

Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services

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