I will restore all the necessary SQL 2005 database to a new SQL server 2016 from backups, both publisher and subscribers. Server name and instance will be the same. Windows server 2003 will be updated to Windows 2012 R2. I am planing to regenerate snapshot at the new server. Most subscribers are wireless sync using https . My question is will it be possible to operate the new replication without re-initializing/initializing the replications?
P.S. Will reinitializing re-assign the new ID range to subscribers? The ID ranges are automatically assigned by the replication.
Thanks,
John