Who Should Read This Book

This book is aimed primarily at developers wanting to learn notification application development with Microsoft SQL Server Notification Services. It assumes some familiarity with SQL and XML but no prior background in Notification Services. The book also contains material on deployment, administration, and troubleshooting (Chapter 13, "Deploying a SQL-NS Instance"; Chapter 14, "Administering a SQL-NS Instance"; and Chapter 15, "Troubleshooting SQL-NS Applications") relevant to administrators and IT operators (in addition to developers).

Chapters 710 and Chapters 1618 describe using managed code to build subscription-management interfaces, custom components that extend the Notification Services framework, and applications that embed Notification Services functionality. C# is used in the examples, but all .NET languages are supported. The material in these chapters assumes some familiarity with C#, the .NET Framework, and object-oriented programming.