Linked Server Name

Use this field to provide the name of the remote server where the application database for the To Site resides. The linked server name is usually the actual name of the database server for the To Site.

The linked server name must be provided if you plan to perform transactional replication between the To Site and the current site.

If you are performing transactional replication between sites on different database server machines, the server name is verified against the list of linked servers in the current site's SQL server master database. If you get a verification error, you must manually create a linked server definition in the SQL server master database of both the current site and the To site. You can create a linked server definition in SQL.

If a transactional replication rule exists that matches the Site and To Site fields shown in the current record, this linked server name cannot be deleted.