Managing Linked Servers
To work properly, distributed queries and transactions depend on linked servers. You configure the linked servers you are using by registering their connection and data source information in SQL Server. Then you will be able to reference the linked server by using a single logical name. If you no longer need to link to a server, you can remove the linked server connection.
Adding Linked Servers
If you want a server to be able to use distributed queries, distributed transactions, or remote command execution, you must configure linked server connections to other servers. For example, if clients that access a server named Zeta make distributed queries to Pluto and Omega, you must configure Pluto and Omega as linked servers on ...
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