MSMQ

MSMQ (also known as "Microsoft Message Queuing") is a messaging protocol implemented by Microsoft that allows applications to communicate across systems that are temporary offline.

Advantages

It's free and integrated into Windows
Good integration with .NET framework
The messages can be kept on hard-disk, so they won’t be lost
It has monitoring capabilities
It has transactional queues
The .NET API provides straight forward implementation

Disadvantages

Can be used only by Windows users
Doesn't have native support for Java Message System
Poison messages will sometimes appear when doing transactional queues
Can't manage remote queues

Components

MSMQApplication
MSMQCollection
MSMQCoordinatedTransactionDispenser
MSMQDestination
MSMQEvent
MSMQManagement
MSMQMessage
MSMQOutgoingQueueManagement
MSMQQuery
MSMQQueue
MSMQQueueInfo
MSMQQueueInfos
MSMQQueueManagement
MSMQTransaction
MSMQTransactionDispenser

Development tools

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

Versions

MSMQ 1.0
MSMQ 2.0
MSMQ 3.0
MSMQ 4.0
MSMQ 5.0
MSMQ 6.0
MSMQ 6.3

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