How up to date does the copy need to be kept? Snapshot replication isn't going anywhere anytime soon as far as I know, and should work in standard.
... which, at that point, you might just look into backup/restores to the other server. Sorry, scrap that. Not that it's a bad idea (testing your restores is always good), just probably too much downtime if you aren't looking for 'one day behind' upkeep.
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