our publisher is in SQL Server 2012 enterprise and our subscription machines are running SQL Express 2012. We are trying to setup a sync between a Server X(in a corporate network) and an external machine with SQL Express installed. We are tried merge replication using Web Synchronization option. We configured the IIS and are able to access the URL from the browser of subscriber machine. While creating subscription we noticed that in order to use Web URL we have choose Agent run on the Subscriber. SQL Express does not have an Agent.
Can SQL Express as subscriber use Merge Replication (Web Synchronization option ) ?