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title: "What is the purpose of Replication?"  
description: "What is the purpose of Replication?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-01-14  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/320/what-is-the-purpose-of-replication  
category: "mssql server"  
tags: ["mssql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the purpose of Replication?

**Replication** is the process of sharing data between databases in different locations. Using replication, you create copies of the Database and share the copy with different users so that they can make changes to their local copy of the database and later synchronize the changes to the source database.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

**Replication** is the process of sharing data between databases in different locations. Using replication, you create copies of the Database and share the copy with different users so that they can make changes to their local copy of the database and later synchronize the changes to the source database.


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