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Endpoints
Lesson 17
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Endpoints
• Endpoints provide a reliable, securable, scalable
messaging system that enables SQL Server to
communicate over the network.
– Endpoints provide a reliable, securable, scalable
messaging system that enables SQL Server to
communicate over the network.
– For database mirroring, a server instance requires
its own dedicated database mirroring endpoint.
– SQL Server exposes native XML Web services
through the database engine by configuring and
creating HTTP endpoints.
Endpoints
HTTP Endpoints
• SQL Server exposes native XML Web services
through the database engine by configuring and
creating HTTP endpoints.
• To enable native HTTP SOAP requests, SQL Server
registers with the HTTP listener http.sys, which
became available with the introduction of
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Service
Pack 2.
• This means SQL Server uses XML and HTTP to
access services and objects without the need for
client software.
HTTP Endpoints
• SQL Server uses SOAP (formerly, the ServiceOriented Architecture Protocol but now simply
SOAP) message requests to an instance of SQL
Server over HTTP to provide the following:
– Access to T-SQL batch statements, with or
without parameters.
– Access to stored procedures, extended stored
procedures, and scalar-valued user-defined
functions.
HTTP Endpoints
• HTTP endpoints can listen and receive requests
on any TCP port, regardless of the URL you
specified.
• Since endpoints register with http.sys, the
request will first go to the server identified in
the URL; then the http.sys layer will forward the
URL to the instance of SQL Server while
bypassing IIS, even if installed.
• To configure an endpoint, you use the CREATE
ENDPOINT statement.
Securing HTTP Endpoints
• To secure an endpoint object and to be able to
connect/create or alter an endpoint, you need to
have appropriate permissions.
• The following are the most common permissions
that can be granted:
– ALTER
– CONNECT
– CONTROL
– TAKE OWNERSHIP
– VIEW DEFINITION
Summary
• In this lesson, you learned about and how to
configure endpoints.
• Endpoints are not only used by SOAP
requests; they are also used to configure
network addresses for Server Broker and
database mirroring.
• Together with the endpoint, you will specify
the authentication of the endpoint.
Summary for Certification Examination
• Understand how to create and secure HTTP
endpoints.
• When creating endpoints, you need to identify the
virtual directory or path on the server, as well as
configure the methods that can be used by the
endpoint.
• You need to know that SQL Server manages all
security within the endpoint configuration, and that
a user needs to have the appropriate permissions
in order to connect to an endpoint.