SQL Server 2008 Express невозможно использовать для репликации слиянием?

Мне удалось синхронизировать подписку Merge pull на SQL Server 2008 R2 Express-без агента SQL Server-через RMO со следующим битом C#:

static void SynchronizeMergePullSubscriptionViaRMO()
{
        // Define the server, publication, and database names.
        string subscriberName = "WIN8CP\\SQLEXPRESS";
        string publisherName = "WS2008R2_1";
        string distributorName = "WS2008R2_1";
        string publicationName = "TestMergePub2";
        string subscriptionDbName = "TestSubDB1";
        string publicationDbName = "AdventureWorksLT";

        // Create a connection to the Subscriber.
        ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection(subscriberName);

        MergePullSubscription subscription;
        MergeSynchronizationAgent agent;

        try
        {
            // Connect to the Subscriber.
            conn.Connect();

            // Define the pull subscription.
            subscription = new MergePullSubscription();
            subscription.ConnectionContext = conn;
            subscription.DatabaseName = subscriptionDbName;
            subscription.PublisherName = publisherName;
            subscription.PublicationDBName = publicationDbName;
            subscription.PublicationName = publicationName;

            // If the pull subscription exists, then start the synchronization.
            if (subscription.LoadProperties())
            {
                // Get the agent for the subscription.
                agent = subscription.SynchronizationAgent;

                // Set the required properties that could not be returned
                // from the MSsubscription_properties table.
                agent.PublisherSecurityMode = SecurityMode.Integrated;
                agent.DistributorSecurityMode = SecurityMode.Integrated;
                agent.Distributor = publisherName;

                // Enable agent output to the console.
                agent.OutputVerboseLevel = 4;
                agent.Output = "C:\\TEMP\\mergeagent.log";

                // Synchronously start the Merge Agent for the subscription.
                agent.Synchronize();
            }
            else
            {
                // Do something here if the pull subscription does not exist.
                throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                    "A subscription to '{0}' does not exist on {1}",
                    publicationName, subscriberName));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // Implement appropriate error handling here.
            throw new ApplicationException("The subscription could not be " +
                "synchronized. Verify that the subscription has " +
                "been defined correctly.", ex);
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Disconnect();
        }
}

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