Tool Kit Makes E-Mail Scalable
eWeek | at | by Mike
Organizations using Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server will be able to download an add-on for the database starting this week that will provide large-scale personalized e-mailing. The add-on, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Notification Services, is included in a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 license, so anyone using SQL Server can install Notification Services on the same machine at no extra charge-a bargain. It requires SQL Server, of course, and, because it's in large measure a programming tool kit, it also requires developer expertise in a .Net language. We tested Beta 2 code of the software. Notification Services is the first server created by Microsoft that uses .Net Framework itself-it's written in C#. We think writing server code in a managed execution environment is a great idea for security and hope to see more of the same in other Microsoft server products.