COM Remote Service Availability

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

COM+ applications use Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) technology in Microsoft Windows operating systems to communicate and take advantage of Windows services. COM technologies include COM+, DCOM, and ActiveX Controls.

COM+ Network Access enables remote invocation of applications that are built with COM+. The firewall exception rule, COM+ Network Access (DCOM In), must be turned on for the TCP protocol and LocalPort 135.

Events

Event ID Source Message

10006

Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM

DCOM received error "%1" from the computer %2 when attempting to activate the following server:
%3

10008

Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM

DCOM received error "%1" from the computer %2 when attempting to activate the following server:
%3 with file %4.

10009

Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM

DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer %1 using any of the configured protocols.

10011

Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM

The server %1 could not be contacted to establish the connection to the client.

18205

Microsoft-Windows-COMRuntime

DCOM server attempted to listen on an invalid endpoint. Protocol sequence: %1 Endpoint: %2 Flags: %3

COM

Application Server