The MaxDistributionRetention property specifies the greatest number of hours that an image of replicated data is maintained within the distribution database.
object.MaxDistributionRetention [= value]
object
Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list
value
Long integer that specifies a number of hours
Long
Read/write
HRESULT GetMaxDistributionRetention(LPDWORD pRetVal);
HRESULT SetMaxDistributionRetention(DWORD NewValue);
By default, replicated data is maintained in the distribution database for 72 hours. Subscriptions that have not retrieved the image within the maximum time are disabled and must be resynchronized.