MulticastDelivery Element (ADF)

Indicates whether the associated notification class uses multicast delivery.

Syntax

<NotificationClasses>
    <NotificationClass>
        ...
        <MulticastDelivery>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type

Boolean.

Default value

false.

Occurrence

Optional once per NotificationClass element.

Updates

Can be added, deleted, and modified when updating the application.

Element Relationships

Relationship Elements

Parent element

NotificationClass Element (ADF)

Child elements

None.

Remarks

You cannot use MulticastDelivery with Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition.

Multicast delivery conserves formatting and distribution resources by formatting and distributing identical notifications for multiple subscribers. A common use of multicast delivery is when many users will receive the same notification, such as for sports scores, and the notifications use the same locale and delivery device. Instead of formatting and sending the same message 50 times, Notification Services formats a single notification, determines the subscriber list, and then passes the array of subscribers to the delivery protocol.

If using multicast delivery, you should not include subscriber-specific information in your notifications.

You can limit the number of recipients in each multicast group with the MulticastRecipientLimit Element (ADF).

You cannot use both multicast delivery and digest delivery. If using multicast delivery, the DigestDelivery value must be false.

Example

The following example shows how to configure multicast delivery.

<MulticastDelivery>true</MulticastDelivery>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Other Resources

Specifying Digest or Multicast Delivery
Updating Instances and Applications

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance