Configuring Transport Encryption in SQL Server 2005 Express Service Broker Conversation

In the recent installments of our "SQL Server 2005 Express Edition" series we have been discussing mechanisms that facilitate authentication of distributed systems participating in Service Broker conversations. This article discusses use of digital certificates in encrypting their content on the transport level.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 32 - Distributed Service Broker Environment - Conducting Dialogs

This installment of our series focuses on establishing, conducting, and terminating a sample Service Broker dialog in a distributed environment, leveraging previously established routes and dialog-level permission.

Scheduling Jobs in SQL Server Express

As we all know SQL Server 2005 Express is a very powerful free edition of SQL Server 2005. However it does not contain SQL Server Agent service. Because of this scheduling jobs is not possible. So if we want to do this we have to install a free or commercial 3rd party product. This usually isn't allowed due to the security policies of many hosting companies and thus presents a problem. Maybe we want to schedule daily backups, database reindexing, statistics updating, etc. This is why I wanted to have a solution based only on SQL Server 2005 Express and not dependent on the hosting company. And of course there is one based on our old friend the Service Broker.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 30 - Distributed Service Broker Environment - Endpoints

In the latest articles of our series dedicated to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, we have been discussing Service Broker. This article describes the initial setup of components required to demonstrate a distributed implementation, with initiator and target services residing on two separate computers.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 27 - Implementing Basic Service Broker Objects

Marcin Policht explains the interaction of the primary elements of Service Broker's asynchronous messaging framework and describes a process of setting up the database objects necessary to demonstrate their sample implementation (which will be the subject of our next article).

Implementing Upgrade of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

In the previous installment of our series, we presented a variety of reasons that might influence your decision to upgrade a full-fledged member of the SQL Server 2005 family. This article discusses the actual implementation of this process, pointing out additional factors that might affect its complexity.

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SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 20 - Authenticating Merge Web Synchronization

We have been discussing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition replication-specific features, investigating authentication mechanisms that are available in order to accommodate connection attempts from remote clients interacting with SQL Server-based distributor via Internet Information Services. We will continue coverage of this topic here.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 18 - Merge Web Synchronization Setup

Part 18 of this series explores several scenarios in which the Merge Web Synchronization can be applied and describes their implementation details.