The Basic COM+ Tutorial by Gopalan Suresh Raj

1. COM Interfaces	2. Implementing COM Objects	3. COM classes	4. Inproc Servers
Interface vs Implementation COM Notation Naming GUIDS COM Interfaces Interfaces in IDL IDL Interface Definition IDL Compiler output IUnknown Lifetime Control and IUnknown AddRef / Release Rules Example QueryInterface dynamic_cast Example Dynamically Typed Interfaces and Type-Safety Interfaces & Inheritance QueryInterface & Evolution Handling Errors in COM HRESULTs Conclusions	Binary Interoperability Implementation Lifetime Control Implementing QueryInterface Summary	Classes & Interfaces Class Objects Using the COM Library The SCM Finding Class Objects Example CoCreateInstance vs CoGetClassObject/ CreateInstance Registering Implementations Conclusions	The SCM and the Registry CLSIDs and the Registry ProgIDs and the Registry Component Categories (CATIDs) and the Registry Self-Registration Example Implementing Class Objects Exposing Class Objects/Inproc Example CoGetClassObject Server Lifecycle Management Locks and Inproc Servers Example Implementing Server Lifetime Heap-based Objects Non-heap-based Objects Conclusions
5. IDL	6. Identity	7. Apartments	8. Remote Activation
TypeLibraries Simple IDL Example Managing multiple IDL files COM Interfaces in IDL Physical and Logical Results Logical Properties COM classes and IDL Generating type libraries ITypeLib ITypeInfo Loading Type Libraries VJ++ and COM Base Types Text & COM Programming with BSTR API Unions and COM VARTYPE VARIANT/VARIANTARG Using Variants Type Coercion & Variants VariantChangeType[Ex] Coercing Variants Summary	Query Interface Identity Implementation using Member Composition Implementing Nested Classes Multiple Inheritance vs Composition Tearoffs COM Aggregation COM Containment Summary	Apartments, Processes and Threads Cross-Apartment Access Mashaling CoMarshalInterface API Wire Representation Proxys and Stubs COM and Reentrancy Callbacks and Apartments Summary	Locality and COM Inproc and OutOfProc Servers CoRegisterClassObject Starting Servers Server Lifetime Surrogates COM Security Summary
9. Interface Design	10. Dynamic Invocation	11. Tools & Frameworks	12. Language Integration
Design Goals Pointers and Interfaces Arrays IEnum<T> interface Summary	Logical and Physical Interfaces Dual Interfaces IDispatch ITypeInfo Tradeoffs Conclusions	MFC ATL VC5 Direct to COM Conclusions	VJ++ Basics Safearrays Collections VJ++ Syntax Events and VJ++ Exceptions
13. Monikers	14. COM persistence	15. Rendering	16. Custom Marshalling
Moniker Architecture MkParseDisplayName Binding Custom Monikers Class Moniker Java Moniker Item Monikers and Composition IOleItemContainer ParseDisplayName IClassActivator Summary	Persistence Model IStream IPersistStream IStorage IPersistStorage FileMonikers & BindToObject GetClassFile IRunningObjectTable Summary	Rendering Inproc Objects Rendering OutOfProc Objects IDataObject IAdviseSink Summary	CoMarshal API IMarshal Marshal by Value CoGetStandardMarshal
17. Advanced Threading	18. COM and the Web	19. COM+
Inside the Channel (MTAs and STAs) CoInitializeEx MessageFilters IMessageFilter COM Threading Rules Thread Marshaling functions CoMarshalInterThreadInterfaceInStream Summary	CreateURLMoniker BindToObject and the URL Moniker Asynchronous Binding IBindStatusCallback GetBindInfo Implementing OnObjectAvailable Synchronous binding CoGetClassObjectFromURL Conclusions	MTS Deployment MS-DTC Transaction Management GetObjectContext MTS and Security COM+ Services COM+ Explorer COM+ Queued Components COM+ Event Service COM+ Runtime Conclusions