Register Instance (General)

Use to register an instance of Microsoft SQL Server Notification Services. Registration creates a registry key for the instance of Notification Services and optionally creates a Windows service and performance counters. This registry key contains information required by the instance's Windows service.

You can register an instance before or after creating it.

Note

The Register Instance dialog box does not support remote registration. If you need to register an instance on another computer, install Notification Services on that computer and then register it on that computer using either Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or the nscontrol register command.

Options

• Instance name
  The name of the instance as specified in the instance configuration file (ICF). If you register the instance before creating it, you must provide the instance name. If you register an existing instance by right-clicking the instance, selecting Tasks, and then selecting Register, the instance name is displayed in this box and cannot be changed.

• Create Windows service
  Select this check box if you want to create a Windows service to run the instance on this computer. The Windows service runs hosted event providers, the generator, and distributors. These components can run on the same computer as the database and on remote computers.

  If you select this check box, Notification Services will create a Windows service on the local computer with the name NS$instance_name.

  If you are registering the instance only so you can submit events from a nonhosted event provider or so you can manage subscriptions using the subscription management objects, do not check this box.

The following Service Log On options configure how the Windows service logs on to Windows.

• Account
  The Windows account for the NS$instance_name service. The account can be a built-in Windows account, a local account, or a domain account. It is recommended that you use a domain account. For more information, see Configuring Windows Accounts for an Instance of Notification Services.

• Password
  Enter the password associated with the account.

The following Authentication options configure how the service logs in to SQL Server.

• Windows Authentication
  Select if the service can use the account specified under Service Log On to access SQL Server. Make sure that the account has permissions to log on to SQL Server.

  When possible, use Windows Authentication..

• SQL Server Authentication
  If Microsoft Windows Authentication is not enabled in SQL Server, select this option and provide a SQL Server logon name and password.

• Login name
  Enter the SQL Server logon name.

• Password
  Enter the password associated with the SQL Server logon.

See Also

Reference

Notification Services F1 Help

Other Resources

Updating Registry Information
nscontrol register Command

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance