Total Time: 3 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course shows learners how to create and install Windows services using Visual Basic .NET and how to make services created in the .NET framework available to the COM+ infrastructure.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Create a Windows service
Install a Windows service
Implement a services component
Register and configure COM+ components
Use the Component Services tool

Topics: 
Understanding Windows services
Creating a Windows service application
Installing a Windows service
Monitoring and controlling a Windows service
Understanding component services
Architecture of component services
Creating a serviced component
Consuming a serviced component
Understanding enterprise services
Using COM components
Using platform invoke

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.