How to enable MSDTC on SQL Server 2014?

Question

I have installed SQL Server Enterprise version on my local Windows server, and now I have need help to enable MSDTC services.

I have contacted Microsoft help, but they are taking a long time to respond.

Answer 1

Use this for windows Server 2008 r2

1. Click Start , click Run , type dcomcnfg and then click OK to open Component Services .

2. In the console tree, click to expand Component Services , click to expand Computers , click to expand My Computer , click to expand Distributed Transaction Coordinator and then click Local DTC .

3. Right click Local DTC and click Properties to display the Local DTC Properties dialog box.

4. Click the Security tab.

5. Check mark "Network DTC Access" checkbox.

6. Finally check mark "Allow Inbound" and "Allow Outbound" checkboxes.

7. Click Apply , OK .

8. A message will pop up about restarting the service.

9. Click OK and That's all.

Answer 2

To add-on, below is how to check the DTC service.

1. Launch Run in windows run dialog then entered dcomcnfg and press OK
2. Expanded Component Services " > Computers > My Computer > Distributed Transaction Coordinator > Local DTC > Transaction Statistics
3. Execute a distributed transaction query in SSMS to monitor DTC