SQL Server Service Broker

Question

Were there any major or really cool features added to SQL Server Service Broker in 2008?

Answer 1

Conversation priorities

Conversation priorities are a set of user-defined rules, each of which specifies a priority level and the criteria for determining which Service Broker conversations to assign the priority level. Normally priority levels determine the order on which messages are sent or received.

Have a look at the following reference article:

http://weblogs.asp.net/gsusx/archive/2007/12/21/sql-server-service-broker-2008-conversation-priorities.aspx

Answer 2

The diagnostics tool ssbdiagnose.