Replication is an important and powerful technology for distributing data and stored procedures across an enterprise. The replication technology in Microsoft® SQL Server™ allows you to make copies of your data, move those copies to different locations, and synchronize the data automatically so that all copies have the same data values. Replication can be implemented between databases on the same server or different servers connected by LANs, WANs, or the Internet. The procedures in this section help you configure and maintain replication using Transact-SQL statements and scripts.