Learn SQL Server Notification Services from the topic authority! Shyam Pather is the Development Lead for the SQL Notification Services Team at Microsoft. He has a unique understanding of the SQL-NS product, having been one of its key architects since its inception. Microsoft SQL Server 200 Notification Services will instruct you on how to program SQL Notification Services as a platform for building applications that send notifications on a large scale. It covers the basic problem of notification applications, describes the SQL Notification Services platform and describes how to use it to build rich, scalable notification applications. Topics covered include: * Event Collection * Chronicles * Scheduled Subscriptions * Notification Generation * Performance Tuning * Deployment and Administration * Troubleshooting Each concept is taught through working sample code that you can actually run. In addition to illustrating platform features, this book provides design guidelines that help you build the best application possible.