• Maybe the reason that "Service Broker " isnt so popular is that no one much has heard of it ? (Like me - building smaller SQL databases for the last 10 years)

    If its anything like most of Microsofts products its complex, hard to understand, has inane examples on their websites, confusing upgrade processes amd lots of "gotchas" that blow product development out of the water.

    For example, if I have a question about SQL, I get 3 or 4 more relevant, better explained articles with real life examples with a search on Google, than SQL books online, Microsoft "help" pages and (tada) the UI for the product combined. Hey, thats why we subscribe to 3rd party SQL Forums.

    Its not enough for a feature to be great, it has to be explained !