Does SQL Server 2012 supports transactional replication with updatable subscription?

Question

On this page, Microsoft states that:

This topic describes the deprecated Replication features that are still available in SQL Server 2012. These features are scheduled to be removed in a future release of SQL Server. Deprecated features should not be used in new applications.

Updatable subscriptions including immediate updating and queued updating with snapshot and transactional publications.

We recommend that you use peer-to-peer transactional replication instead.

On this page, Microsoft even teach you how to enable updatable subscriptions.

To enable updating subscriptions

On the Publication Type page of the New Publication Wizard, select Transactional publication with updatable subscriptions.

However, I just can't find the replication type Transactional publication with updatable subscriptions on the publication type page in SQL Server 2012, see the image below:

Anyone can confirm, whether we have this feature in SQL Server 2012?

Thanks!

Answer 1

It is supported but it is deprecated, which means it will be removed in a future release. As Remus mentioned, you will need to use T-SQL to set it up as the New Publication Wizard no longer provides the option.