[close] The Service Broker messaging feature of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 makes it easy to build a whole new class of reliable, asynchronous, and distributed database applications by offering unprecedented levels of reliability, performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.

In The Rational Guide To SQL Server 2005 Service Broker, Roger Wolter, Microsoft's Program Manager for SQL Server Service Broker, clearly explains the architecture, functionality, unique features, and powerful capabilities of the new SQL Server 2005 Service Broker technology. This book is a valuable resource for both database programmers who want to write Service Broker applications and database administrators who have to support these applications.

This book takes a rational, no-nonsense approach in a compact guide - only 224 pages. The book is written to give you the basics…fast!

Technical accuracy is assured by Dirk Myers, Documentation Manager, SQL Server User Education, Microsoft Corporation.

Includes FREE Bonus Materials:
<ul> <li>Bonus Chapter: "Troubleshooting and Administration"</li> <li>Sample code for the examples in the book</li> </ul> [close]