Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Notification Services

Chapter 4. Working with SQL-NS Instances

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is an Instance?

• Creating an Instance and Making It Run

• Examining the Parts of the Instance

• Deployment of SQL-NS Instances on Multiple Servers

• The Instance Configuration File in Detail

• Cleaning Up the Instance

This chapter examines SQL Notification Services instances: the fundamental units of isolation, deployment, and administration in SQL-NS. Every SQL-NS application you build will be part of some instance, so it’s important to understand what an instance is and how it operates. This chapter covers the basic concepts behind instances and describes how to create one. Chapter 13, “Deploying a SQL-NS Instance,” and Chapter 14, “Administering a SQL-NS Instance,” describe ...