In case you are considering to apply SQL Server SP3 CU5 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972511) to your system, I'd like to point out one issue / bug we found with CU5.  Read more...

Recently I have been involved in lots of projects involving replication.  I have done some things to make replication work...  Read more...

The post snapshot script in replication allows you to make changes to the subscriber after you complete a snapshot. Unaware of this feature? Watch this episode of SQL School.  Read more...

Learn the difference between push and pull subscriptions and how to determine the best placement for SQL Server replication's Distribution Agent  Read more...

This paper provides IT pros with an in-depth look at the tests conducted by the MSCOM Ops team, insight into the results, and technical analysis of the enhancements to Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 that enable wide area network (WAN)–based geo-replication.  Read more...

Add a third node to a two-node Peer-to-Peer replication topology and learn how to resolve an update-update conflict.  Read more...

The first installment of this series describes the steps to configure a two-node Peer-to-Peer replication topology.  Read more...

SQL Server 2008 features several replication improvements, and some are more compelling than others. Learn what's new with peer-to-peer topologies, merge replication and more.  Read more...

This SQL School video looks at how you add a publication to a replication scenario.  Read more...

SQL School expands its replication series with a look at how you can set up a subscriber with MVP Andy Warren.  Read more...

Replication can be a complicated undertaking for many people. Learn how to get started by creating a publisher in this SQL School video from MVP Andy Warren.  Read more...

When reviewing an issue through the Replication Monitor, the error messaging was leaving me wanting more detail to find out why the replication process was failing. So my question is, is there a way to garner more information from the replication agents running via SQL Server Agent?  Read more...

New author Michelle Ufford brings us an article that shows how you can replicate those partitioned tables in your environment.  Read more...

A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.  Read more...

This article describes the new Peer-to-Peer replication features in SQL Server 2008  Read more...

SQL Server replication methods include snapshot, merge and transactional replication. Learn how to choose a method, set up SQL replication and avoid the 'gotchas.'  Read more...

Part 4 in this series on upgrading an Active/Active cluster to SQL Server 2005 details how to push live data from one cluster to another using a conversion DB and replication.  Read more...

SQL Server high availability. Log shipping or replication, clustering or some other solution. It's a challenge and as companies grow more dependent on their databases, it's one that more and more DBAs face everyday. Paul Ibison has taken a look at how log shipping and replication can be compared in the quest for high availability.   Read more...

Recent installments of this series have demonstrated SQL Server 2005 Express Edition's replication characteristics by taking advantage of replication-specific executables and T-SQL code combined with Windows Synchronization Manager and Web Synchronization technologies. This article explores another method of reaching the same goal, which involves Replication Management Objects (RMO).  Read more...

Measure Latencies in Replication implemented using SQL Server 2005  Read more...

A little procedure to quickly product a script for copying data from one database to another.  Read more...

The post snapshot script in replication allows you to make changes to the subscriber after you complete a snapshot. Unaware of this feature? Watch this episode of SQL School.  Read more...

New author Michelle Ufford brings us an article that shows how you can replicate those partitioned tables in your environment.  Read more...