What is SQL Mail agent?

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Database Mail is a feature in SQL Server that allows database applications to send email via SMTP. The database engine actually queues messages to be sent and these messages are passed to an external process to handle the email sending. 17 апр. 2019 г.

What does SQL Agent do?

SQL Server Agent is a Microsoft Windows service that runs scheduled administrative tasks that are called jobs. You can use SQL Server Agent to run T-SQL jobs to rebuild indexes, run corruption checks, and aggregate data in a SQL Server DB instance.

What is SQL Mail?

Database Mail is an enterprise solution for sending e-mail messages from the SQL Server Database Engine or Azure SQL Managed Instance. Your applications can send e-mail messages to users using Database Mail via an external SMTP server.

Do I need SQL Server Agent running?

Microsoft SQL Server Agent must be running as a service in order to automate administrative tasks. For more information, see Configure SQL Server Agent. Object Explorer only displays the SQL Server Agent node if you have permission to use it.

What is SQL DSA?

You use the MS-SQL Server DSA to access information in a Microsoft SQL Server database. This DSA is used to retrieve, add, modify, and delete information stored in the database. It is used to run MS-SQL Server stored procedures. This DSA is supported with MS-SQL Server 2005, and 2008.

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