System.Transactions (and AlwaysOn Availability Groups)

With SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (on Windows Server 2016 TP4) supports MSDTC which can be used for transactions which access more than 1 database.

However there are Transactions which do not use MSDTC.

Within the .NET Framework there is System.Transactions namespace https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.transactions%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

As per https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229978%28v=vs.110%29.aspx these implement a Transaction Manager which can handle transactions within SQL Server.

System.Transactions only SOMETIMES escalates to MSDTC!

“As long as the System.Transactions infrastructure handles..at most one durable resource that supports single-phase notifications, the transaction remains in the ownership of the System.Transactions infrastructure”

The question then is with SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (on Windows Server 2016 TP4) and a transaction which uses more than 1 database

a) Does SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Groups support single-phase notifications?

b) With SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn Availability Groups does more  than 1 single database count as 1 durable resource or more than 1 durable resource?

As per http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229979.aspx tracing can be used to determine who promotes a transaction and why.