Planning and Architecture (Replication)

Use these topics to better understand Replication in Microsoft SQL Server and plan to use it to implement your replication solutions.  

•  Logical Architecture
       Logical Architecture (Replication)

•  Physical Architecture
       How Snapshot Replication Works

       How Transactional Replication Works

       How Oracle Publishing Works

       How Merge Replication Works

•  Solution Design Considerations
       Considerations for All Types of Replication

       Considerations for Snapshot Replication

       Considerations for Transactional Replication

       Considerations for Merge Replication

       Replication Backward Compatibility

See Also

Concepts

Product Evaluation (Replication)

Getting Started (Replication)

Development (Replication)

Deployment (Replication)

Operations (Replication)

Troubleshooting (Replication)

Technical Reference (Replication)

Other Resources

Security and Protection (Replication)