Installing replication in sql server express 2005

In the Windows authentication mode, the SQL logins are controlled by the Windows operating systems and it is best practice to use this mode. For this installation, we will select the Mixed Mode option, so we will set the password of the sa login of the SQL Server and we will also add a windows login.

We can directly add the current windows user to the windows through the Add Current User button:. In the Data Directories tab, we can set the default directory of the database and backup files:. In the TempDB tab, we can set the number and size of the tempdb files. For this installation, we will not change these settings and click the Next button:. Microsoft recommended the following rule as a best practice:.

In the Installation Progress screen, we can follow the progress of the installation:. In the final step, the Complete screen meets us and it gives information about the result of the installation:. The following server notation can be used to open a connection to SQL Engine:. By following these steps, we can easily complete the installation process of the SQL Server Express edition.

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How to tell what SQL Server versions you are running. Merge Agent - applicable to merge replication only, it collects incremental changes from all subscribers and the publisher since the most recent reconciliation, resolves any potential conflicts, and produces a consistent outcome that is applied to all replication partners. In the case of the push replication scenarios, the agent runs on distributor, but with pull implementations, it is hosted on subscribers.

It also performs the initial copy of a snapshot to subscribers, eliminating the need for involvement of the Distribution Agent which is responsible for this activity in snapshot and transactional replication.

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After replication components are installed, you must configure the server before you can use replication.