Instances and Applications

Each notification application exists within a single instance of Notification Services. An instance is a named entity that groups one or more applications. Multiple instances of Notification Services can run side by side on a single computer, and can be created, started, stopped, managed, and deleted independently.

Instances are defined by an instance configuration file, an XML document that defines the properties of the instance. These properties include the name of the SQL Server that the instance uses, the list of applications in the instance, and information about protocols and delivery channels that applications in the instance can use.

Each application in the instance is defined by an application definition file ...

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