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MSDN Magazine
Developers' guide to Microsoft tools, development environments, and technologies for Windows and the Web.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
Top/Computers/News_and_Media/Magazines_and_E-zines/Magazines

Microsoft Agent
A technology assists developers in creating friendly "user-agents". MS-Agent is an ActiveX control for the Win32 platform, and includes many colorful characters such as Genie and Merlin the Wizard.
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/
Top/Computers/Programming/Agents/Microsoft_Agent

Microsoft COM Technologies
Information and resources for the Component Object Model-based technologies, by Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/com/
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/COM

Microsoft Launches Windows DNA for Manufacturing
Microsoft launched a collaborative initiative aimed at producing a technical architecture that will reduce costs and simplify the process of deploying, integrating and managing systems for manufacturing enterprises. (Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Feb99/DNApr.mspx
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/COM/Application_Areas/Manufacturing

Windows 2000 Brings Significant Refinements to the COM+ Programming Model
The next release of Windows NT, Windows 2000, is slated to bring more new features than any of its predecessors. None of these features will likely have as profound an impact as the integration of the Microsoft Transaction Service (MTS) into the COM prog
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0599/complusprog/complusprog.aspx
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/COM/COM+/Articles

How to Isolate a DLL Into a Separate Process By Using Component Services
Explains how to host a COM+ component in its own process space to improve isolation. By Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q281335/
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/COM/COM+/Articles

Microsoft Announces COM+
Announcement of COM+ at PDC '97. (Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/Sept97/COMplspr.mspx
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/COM/COM+/Articles

How Microsoft Transaction Server Changes the COM Programming Model --MSJ, January 1998
This article covers services provided by MTS to apps, including thread management, efficient object activation policies, and support for transactions. (David Chappel / MSJ)
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0198/mtscom/mtscom.htm
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/COM/Tools/MTS/Articles

DCOM and CORBA Side by Side, Step By Step, and Layer by Layer
DCOM/CORBA Comparison.
http://research.microsoft.com/~ymwang/papers/HTML/DCOMnCORBA/S.html
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/Comparison_and_Review

Microsoft .NET
General information slanted towards business.
http://www.microsoft.com/net/
Top/Computers/Programming/Component_Frameworks/NET