Distribution Agent fails with: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].

Sateesh Yele | Microsoft SQL Server Support Symptom Distribution Agent is failing when connecting to subscriber server when replicating between cross domain servers. Consider this, you are setting up replication between 64 bit edition servers that are cross domain and the Distribution Agent is failing with the following error in Replication Monitor. The process could
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What happens if I select Create a snapshot immediately in the Publication Wizard?

When creating a Transactional Replication publication, what happens if I check Create a snapshot immediately and keep the snapshot available to initialize subscriptions? This sets the publication property @property=‘immediate_sync’,@value=‘TRUE’ which instructs Replication to keep all the transactions cached in the Distribution database for the entire Retention Period.  Normally these rows are purged as soon as
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Helpful References and Links on Setting up Merge Web Synchronization

Sateesh Yele | Microsoft SQL Server Support Below is a list of self-help resources or this scenario. These resources are used by Microsoft SQL Replication Support Engineers during an Advisory Services engagement or while troubleshooting Web Synchronization problems. We hope you too find these helpful.   Web Synchronization for Merge Replication http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151763.aspx   Topologies for
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Stored Procedure schema changes are not being replicated when using ”initialize with backup”

SQL Replication allows you to replicate user-defined Stored Procedures code to subscribers similar to replicating tables.  When the sp is modified, the new schema/script is transferred to the subscriber. This ensures all subscribers have the most recent version of the SP. Transactional Replication also allows you to setup a subscriber using a backup of the
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