Estamos tratando de realizar una transacción de anidación indirecta usando el código siguiente, .NET 3.5 y SQL Server 2005.

MSDN dice que cuando se usa TransactionScope, una transacción se escala cada vez que la aplicación abre una segunda conexión (incluso a la misma base de datos) dentro de la Transacción.

void RootMethod()
{
   using(TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope())
   {
      /* Perform transactional work here */
      FirstMethod();
      SecondMethod();
      scope.Complete();
   }
 }

void FirstMethod()
{
    using(TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeOption.Required))
   {
     using (SqlConnection conn1 = new SqlConnection("Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=SSPI")) 
       {
     string insertString = @"
             insert into Categories
             (CategoryName, Description)
             values ('Laptop1', 'Model001')";
         conn1.Open();
         SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(insertString, conn1);
         cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }
      scope.Complete();
    }
 }

 void SecondMethod()
 {
    using(TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeOption.Required))
   {
       using (SqlConnection conn2 = new SqlConnection("Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=SSPI")) 
       {
     string insertString = @"
             insert into Categories
             (CategoryName, Description)
             values ('Laptop2', 'Model002')";

         conn2.Open();  //Looks like transactionabortedException is happening here
         SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(insertString, conn2);
         cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        }
        scope.Complete();
    }
  }

e vez en cuando, la transacción falla que, no se está promoviendo a DTC, y estamos obteniendo lo siguiente como seguimiento de la pila interna,

System.Transactions.TransactionAbortedException: The transaction has aborted. ---> 
System.Transactions.TransactionPromotionException: Failure while attempting to promote transaction. ---> 
System.InvalidOperationException: The requested operation cannot be completed because the connection has been broken.     
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.ExecuteTransaction(TransactionRequest transactionRequest, String name, IsolationLevel iso, SqlInternalTransaction internalTransaction, Boolean isDelegateControlRequest)     
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDelegatedTransaction.Promote()     --- End of inner exception stack trace ---     
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDelegatedTransaction.Promote()     
at System.Transactions.TransactionStatePSPEOperation.PSPEPromote(InternalTransaction tx)     
at System.Transactions.TransactionStateDelegatedBase.EnterState(InternalTransaction tx)     
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---     
at System.Transactions.TransactionStateAborted.CreateAbortingClone(InternalTransaction tx)     
at System.Transactions.DependentTransaction..ctor(IsolationLevel isoLevel, InternalTransaction internalTransaction, Boolean blocking)     
at System.Transactions.Transaction.DependentClone(DependentCloneOption cloneOption)     
at System.Transactions.TransactionScope.SetCurrent(Transaction newCurrent)     
at System.Transactions.TransactionScope.PushScope()     
at System.Transactions.TransactionScope..ctor(TransactionScopeOption scopeOption)    

¿Alguien puede ayudarme a descubrir la razón de este fracaso?