replication-compat-matrix.md

author	MashaMSFT
ms.author	mathoma
ms.reviewer	randolphwest
ms.date	09/28/2022
ms.service	sql
ms.topic	include

Transactional and snapshot replication compatibility matrix

Publisher	Distributor	Subscriber
SQL Server 2019	SQL Server 2019	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2017	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2016	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2014	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014	SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2012	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012	SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008	SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008

Merge replication compatibility matrix

Publisher	Distributor	Subscriber
SQL Server 2019	SQL Server 2019	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2017	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017	SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2016	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016	SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2014	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014	SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2012	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012	SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008	SQL Server 2019 SQL Server 2017 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008	SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008