1.5 Prerequisites/Preconditions

The client using the protocol is required to have available valid credentials recognized by the server accepting the client requests. The client is required to use security providers that recognize such credentials to authenticate to the remote server by using SSPI supported by the Remote Procedure Call Protocol.

The server system is required to start the DCOM Remote Protocol. The DCOM activation service is required to be fully initialized before the activation request. See section 1.3.1 of [MS-DCOM].