Get Started Using SQL Server 2005 Notification Services
Because of the complex configuration options required to write SQL Server 2005 Notification Services (SQLNS) applications, it can be difficult to get started, but after you've learned the concepts and ideas behind SQLNS, you'll find yourself able to write great applications that are both scalable and extensible using common interfaces.
by Klaus Aschenbrenner
June 27, 2005
eople receive many notifications daily: weather updates, news updates, updates about stock prices, or a current account balance via a SMS message. But how can you build such notification applications on the Microsoft platform? You have two options: the first and less palatable is to build everything from scratch. The second and more attractive option is to use the SQL Server 2005 Notification Services (SQLNS), which is a new API intended to help you build notification applications.
SQLNS—can generate and deliver notifications to thousands of end users of your application in several different ways and without any regard for the local time of the machine receiving the notification. One of the best known delivery protocols for notifications is e-mail, because people are used to working with emails constantly. But with SQLNS you can not only use e-mail notifications, but also provide notifications via SMS, pagers, or the Windows Messenger client. If none of those options seem palatable, you can also create your own delivery channel.
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eople receive many notifications daily: weather updates, news updates, updates about stock prices, or a current account balance via a SMS message. But how can you build such notification applications on the Microsoft platform? You have two options: the first and less palatable is to build everything from scratch. The second and more attractive option is to use the SQL Server 2005 Notification Services (SQLNS), which is a new API intended to help you build notification applications.
