Remote Automation
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A key feature of Visual C++ Enterprise Edition is remote automation.
Feature Only in Enterprise Edition This feature is supported only in Visual C++ Enterprise Edition. For more information, see .
Remote Automation is a type of Automation that allows an interface consumer to execute an interface provider that resides on another machine, for example, on a network.
This article explains how to create Automation objects that can be invoked and executed remotely, and how to create Automation controllers that can use these remote automation objects. It also examines configuration options and points out the major differences between remote automation and DCOM (the distributed version of COM and OLE that allows interfaces other than those related to automation to be invoked and executed remotely).