Improves sp_addpublication_snapshot by exposing additional parameters (@distributor_security_mode, @distributor_login, and @distributor_password). With these parameters, you can configure the Snapshot Agent to connect to the Distributor using SQL Server Authentication. Before this fix, the Snapshot Agent connects to the Distributor with Windows Authentication, and you can't configure it to connect to the Distributor using SQL Server Authentication.

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