Setting Up Microsoft Transaction Server

You install Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) on your computer by using the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack setup program. The Minimum, Typical, and Custom setup options determine the scope of the MTS documentation and components installed on your computer. If you select the "Minimal" install option, you install MTS without any product documentation or samples. The "Typical" install option includes MTS and product documentation. In order to obtain the MTS development documentation and sample applications, you must choose the "Custom" install option.

This section contains:

MTS System Requirements: Lists system requirements for running MTS.
Installing MTS Development Samples and Documentation: Explains how to obtain MTS development samples and documentation.
Configuring Your MTS Server: Describes how to configure your server to deploy and administer MTS packages.
Configuring MTS with Microsoft Cluster Server: Describes how to install and configure MTS with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS).
Setting Up MTS to Access Oracle: Describes how to configure an Oracle database to be accessible by MTS components.
Setting Up the MTS Sample Bank Application: Describes how to set up the Sample Bank application.
Setting Up the MTS Tic-Tac-Toe Sample Application: Describes how to set up the Tic-Tac-Toe sample application.
Setting Up the MTS Administrative Object Sample Scripts: Describes how to set up the administrative object sample scripts.
Getting Assistance While You Work with MTS: Provides information about obtaining assistance with MTS.

This section does not contain information on:

Programming MTS applications; see Microsoft Transaction Server Programmer's Guide.
Deploying and administering MTS applications; see Microsoft Transaction Server Administrator's Guide.
New features in this version of MTS; see Getting Started with Microsoft Transaction Server.