After you install the operating system and configure your cluster, you must configure Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) on Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems to work in a cluster by using the Cluster Administrator. Failure to cluster MS DTC will not block SQL Server 2005 Setup, but SQL Server 2005 application functionality may be affected if MS DTC is not properly configured. To help ensure availability between multiple clustered applications, it is highly recommended that the Configure Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator have its own resource group and resources.

To manually configure MS DTC on a Windows Server 2003 operating system (running MSCS)

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