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BizTalk Server: Automatic Setup MSDTC

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Introduction

MSDTC is the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator. DTC provides the functionality to ensure complete transactions along a distributed environment, which means across two or more networked computers. All multi-server installations of BizTalk include setup of MSDTC on the Windows servers. This also includes the SQL server(s). This can be done manually in Component Services, but a PowerShell script which automates this can be downloaded here.

The script can also be used for other uses cases than BizTalk. Verify the settings in the script, and adjust accordingly.

Details

The script looks like this:

# Enable MSDTC for Network Access
Write-Host "Enabling MSDTC for Network Access..."  –fore green
 
$System_OS=(Get-WmiObject –class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption
 
# Check OS
If ($System_OS –match "2012 R2" -or ($System_OS –match "8.1"))
{
    Set-DtcNetworkSetting –DtcName Local –AuthenticationLevel Mutual –InboundTransactionsEnabled 1 –OutboundTransactionsEnabled 1 –RemoteClientAccessEnabled 1 –confirm:$false
 
    Restart-Service MSDTC
 
    Write-Host("")
    Write-Host "MSDTC has been configured and restarted"
}

First, WMI is used to get the current OS. Then, after verifying OS version, DTC settings are stored, and MSDTC is restarted.

Requirements

Requires PowerShell 4.0 and Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2.

Instructions

Just run the script in an admin PowerShell console. There are no parameters.

See Also

Read suggested related topics:

Another important place to find an extensive amount of BizTalk related articles is the TechNet Wiki itself. The best entry point is BizTalk Server Resources on the TechNet Wiki.