Configuring an extended transactional client

This collection of topics describes how to configure the extended transactional function for each category of transaction manager.

For each platform, the extended transactional client provides support for the following external transaction managers:

XA-compliant transaction managers: The extended transactional client provides the XA resource manager interface to support XA-compliant transaction managers such as CICS® and Tuxedo.
Microsoft Transaction Server ( Windows systems only): On Windows systems only, the XA resource manager interface also supports Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS). The IBM® MQ MTS support supplied with the extended transactional client provides the bridge between MTS and the XA resource manager interface.
WebSphere® Application Server: Earlier versions of IBM MQ supported WebSphere Application Server Version 4 or Version 5, and required you to carry out certain configuration tasks to use the extended transactional client. WebSphere Application Server Version 6 and later includes an IBM MQ messaging provider, so you do not need to use the extended transactional client.