Does TransactionScope Need DTC Service on?

Question

From what I\'m reading, in order to use TransactionScope in .NET, you need the Distributed Transaction Coordinator service in Windows to be running. I have that service

Answer 1

MSDTC comes into the play only if you have more than one transaction with different connections

SO, the answer is:

It depends!

• If you use 1 TranScope per 1 connection - then NO
• If you use 1 TranScope per more than 1 connection - then YES
• If you created TransactionScope object which requires Distributed transaction - then YES