When applying data compression differences (table or index), use rebuild partition or rebuild index rather than drop & create, both to minimize impact, and in the case of primary keys on replicated tables, avoid failure because replicated tables can't be dropped.
e.g.,
ALTER TABLE schema.TableName REBUILD PARTITION = ALL WITH (DATACOMPRESSION = PAGE);
ALTER INDEX [IndexName] ON schema.TableName REBUILD PARTITION = ALL WITH (DATACOMPRESSION=PAGE);