When IDENTITY columns are transferred to the Subscriber, the IDENTITY property will not be transferred. (For example, a column ...

When IDENTITY columns are transferred to the Subscriber, the IDENTITY property will not be transferred. (For example, a column defined as INT IDENTITY at the Publisher will be defined as INT at the Subscriber.) 

If you want the IDENTITY property transferred to the subscription table, you must do the following: 

     » Create the subscription table manually using the IDENTITY property and the NOT FOR REPLICATION option. 

     » Set the name conflict article property so that SQL Server does not drop an existing destination table when applying the snapshot. This property is found on the Snapshot tab of article properties. 

The following published tables contain IDENTITY columns: