Remote Distributor - MERGE Replication - What Edition of SQL Server is needed

• GRE (Gethyn Ellis)

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  December 13, 2018 at 9:20 am

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  With a remote distributor in SQL Server 2014 Merge replication. Does the remote distributor instance need to be at the same edition (Enterprise) as the Publisher? I'm sure I read that it did, but I can't find the link?

  Any help most appreciated

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• Sue_H

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  December 17, 2018 at 6:44 pm

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  GRE (Gethyn Ellis) - Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:20 AM

  With a remote distributor in SQL Server 2014 Merge replication. Does the remote distributor instance need to be at the same edition (Enterprise) as the Publisher? I'm sure I read that it did, but I can't find the link?

  Any help most appreciated

  Don't think so - peer to peer requires all nodes be Enterprise.
  Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2014

  The limits are more often related to mixing versions - maybe you were thinking along those lines:
  Replication Backward Compatibility

  Sue

• GRE (Gethyn Ellis)

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  December 18, 2018 at 12:35 am

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  Hi Sue,
  Thanks for the reply Sue, I did get a similar response on the #sqlhelp hashtag on twitter too
  That is what I was looking for, thanks for posting the link.
  Geth

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