Improvement
This update makes the Distribution Agent cleanup procedure adaptable to performance characteristics by increasing or decreasing the cleanup batches dynamically. This, in turn, stabilizes the transactional replication performance in Microsoft SQL Server 2016. Additionally, the subscription cleanup is now moved from the Distribution Agent cleanup job to Expired subscription cleanup job.
Resolution
Service pack information for SQL Server 2016
This update is included in the following service pack for SQL Server:
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