Correct settings for MS DTC

[Guest]

Gid hey,
I came across this info in the event viewer. Can anyone advise me if these
setting are correct and what is the purpose of MS DTC.

MS DTC started with the following settings:

Security Configuration (OFF = 0 and ON = 1):
Network Administration of Transactions = 0,
Network Clients = 0,
Inbound Distributed Transactions using Native MSDTC Protocol = 0,
Outbound Distributed Transactions using Native MSDTC Protocol = 0,
Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) = 0,
XA Transactions = 0

 

[Guest]

Those are default settings for MSDTC (since XPSP2 and above) which
effectively diabled MSDTC.

Regarding to the purpose of MSDTC, in short, it is to enable transactions to
flow between machines. Then you might ask "why do I want to do that ?"

I suggest you to read FlorinLazar's blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/florinlazar/archive/2005/10/04/476775.aspx
The more you read his blog, the more you understand DTC/Transactions

Another good source is
http://pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/msdtc.TransactionTeamWiki