# Use the Intel® Fortran COM Server (Windows)

This topic only applies to Windows.

The Component Object Model (COM) supports a model of client server interaction between a user of an object, the client, and the implementor of the object, the server.

This section discusses creating a COM server using Intel Fortran.

The following section, Use the Intel® Fortran Module Wizard (COM Client), discusses using COM and Automation objects from an Intel® Fortran application, using the Fortran COM Server.

Parent topic: Fortran Language Extensions

- Advantages of a COM Server (Windows*)
- COM Server Concepts (Windows)
- Create the Fortran COM Server (Windows)
- Fortran COM Server Interface Design Considerations (Windows)
- Advanced COM Server Topics (Windows)
- Deploy the COM Server on Another System (Windows)