The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.
COM and .NET Interoperability, by Andrew Troelsen (Apress, 2002):
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=81.
Distributed .NET Programming in VB .NET, by Tom Barnaby (Apress, 2002):
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=144.
.NET Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
DevX and Code Magazine:
http://www.devx.com/codemag/
MSDN Magazine:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/
MSDN Magazine: "COM+ Integration: How .NET Enterprise Services Can Help You
Build Distributed Applications":
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/msdnmag/issues/01/10/complus/toc.asp
Visual Studio Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
Windows Developer Magazine:
http://www.wd-mag.com/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/
.NET Architecture Center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/
.NET Enterprise Servers Online Books:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/servers/books/default.asp
Advanced COM Interop:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconadvancedcominterop.asp
COM+ (Component Services) Version 1.5:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cossdk/htm/complusportal_9o9x.asp
COM Threading and Application Architecture in COM+ Applications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dncomser/html/comthread.asp
Enterprise Services FAQ (GotDotNet):
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/xmlentsvcs/esfaq.aspx
The Future of COM+: Microsoft's .NET Revealed:
http://www.devx.com/upload/free/features/xml/2000/04fal00/sj0004/sj0004.asp
GotDotNet:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/
GotDotNet: Backwards Breaking Changes from Version 1.0 to 1.1:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.0to1.1/default.aspx#00000106
Microsoft ASP.NET Home Page:
http://www.asp.net/
Microsoft Community (discussion groups, e-newsletters, and so forth):
http://communities2.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Patterns & Practices:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/
Microsoft's Search the Knowledge Base Web Site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;KBHOWTO
Microsoft TechNet How-To Index:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/howto
MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com
Understanding Enterprise Services (COM+) in .NET:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/entserv.asp
Windows .NET Server 2003:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001691
Windows Server 2003 and Enterprise Services:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnentsrv/html/windotnetsvr_dotnetentpsvs.asp