I get a lot of questions about the “best” way to configure the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) for SQL Server on a Windows 2008 cluster. There is no one best way to do it, and the first question you ask should be “do you even use DTC and if so how and how often?”. IfContinue reading “Do I need DTC for my SQL Server?”
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How to configure DTC for SQL Server in a Windows 2008 cluster
How to configure DTC for SQL Server in a Windows 2008 cluster [This post was revised 11 May 2009 with new mapping information, fixed formatting issues 23 March 2010] With Windows 2008 you now have the option to use multiple DTCs. There is a lot of confusion over whether to do that for SQL ServerContinue reading “How to configure DTC for SQL Server in a Windows 2008 cluster”