How to: Enable an Instance of Notification Services (SQL Server Management Studio)

Enabling an instance of Notification Services allows all enabled components hosted by the instance to run.

The following procedure shows how to enable an instance of Notification Services from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

To enable an instance of Notification Services

  1. In Object Explorer, expand the Notification Services node.

  2. Right-click the instance and select Enable.

    Note

    In SQL Server Management Studio, you can also enable an instance when you create it.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Enable Components of an Instance of Notification Services (SQL Server Management Studio)
How to: Enable Subscriber Management (SQL Server Management Studio)

Concepts

Viewing the Status of Instances, Applications, and Components

Other Resources

nscontrol enable Command
Managing Instances and Applications How-to Topics (Notification Services)

Help and Information

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