The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is a protocol that enables software components to communicate directly over a network. It extends COM to support communication among objects on different computers--on a LAN, a WAN, or even the Internet. With DCOM, an application can be distributed across various locations.
The connector provides DCOM support by allowing you to specify the remote server name when you create an object at another location. The remote server name can be specified as a fixed configuration in the system registry of the machine where the connector is running or in the DCOM Class Store. By registering the remote server, the connector has transparent access to the DCOM components.