Installing and Configuring Message Queuing

To use the Message Queue task, you must:

• Install Message Queuing server software on your network.
  
  
• Install Message Queuing client software on your computer.
  
  
• Configure a queue for your messages.

Two versions of Message Queuing are supported:

• MSMQ. This version is provided in the Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 Option Pack.
  
  
• Message Queuing for Windows® 2000.

  You can install Message Queuing server software on a Windows 2000 domain controller running Active Directory™, the directory service included in Windows 2000, as well as on queues on a local computer.

  Message Queuing client software cannot be installed unless Message Queuing server software is installed on a domain controller in your organization. Message Queuing client software is not installed as part of Windows 2000 Setup.

  For more information about Message Queuing, see the Windows 2000 Server documentation.

Note  Installation and configuration of MSMQ and Message Queuing differ significantly.