I was trying to setup transactional replication between two servers A (Azure) and B (Local). I setup A as the
publisher and distributor. From B, when trying to connect to the distributor on A, I saw the error below:
SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to make a connection to the server. Connections through a server alias, IP
address, or any other alternate name are not supported. Specify the actual server name (Replication.Utilities)
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