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Implementing Endpoints

SQL Server 2012 Other Versions SQL Server 2008 R2SQL Server 2008SQL Server 2005This topic has not yet been rated - Rate this topic An endpoint is a service that can listen natively for requests. SMO supports various types of endpoints by using the Endpoint object. You can create an endpoint service that handles a specific type of payload, which uses a specific protocol, by creating an instance of an Endpoint object and setting its properties.

The EndpointType property of the Endpoint object can be used to specify on of the following payload types:

•Database mirroring

•SOAP

•Service Broker

•Transact-SQL

Also, the ProtocolType property can be used to specify the following two supported protocols:

•HTTP protocol

•TCP protocol