Share via


How to: Set the Distribution Retention Period for Transactional Publications (SQL Server Management Studio)

Specify the minimum distribution retention period and maximum distribution retention period on the Distribution Database Properties - <DistributionDatabase> dialog box. This is available from the General page of the Distributor Properties - <Distributor> dialog box. For more information about accessing this dialog box, see How to: View and Modify Distributor Properties (SQL Server Management Studio).

To specify the distribution retention period

  1. On the General page of the Distributor Properties - <Distributor> dialog box, click the properties button () for the distribution database.

  2. To specify the minimum distribution retention period, enter a value in the At least box; to specify the maximum distribution retention period, enter a value in the But not more than box.

  3. Click OK.