Components of Connect Enterprise

Both Enterprise Server and Enterprise Hosted are architected with two server components, and each server uses a SQL database.

The web application server The web application server is the brains of Connect Enterprise. It contains and executes all of the business logic needed to deliver content to users. It handles access control, security, quotas, and licensing, as well as management functions such as clustering, failover, and replication.

The web application server also handles Connect Enterprise Manager, the application through which you view and manage your organization's content and users--when you are not using a custom application or integrated third-party system. The metadata describing content and users can be stored in either single or multiple replicated SQL databases. The web application server is stateless, which means that scaling is near linear.

Flash Media Server Flash Media Server is the muscle of Connect Enterprise. Flash Media Server streams audio, video, and rich media content using RTMP. When a meeting is recorded and played back, audio and video are synchronized, or content is converted and packaged for real-time screen sharing, Flash Media Server does the job.

Flash Media Server also plays a vital role in reducing server load by caching frequently accessed web pages, streams, and shared data.

The SQL database Connect Enterprise uses the Microsoft SQL Server database for persistent storage of transactional and application metadata, including users, groups, content, and reporting information. The XML API retrieves metadata stored in the database. The database can be implemented with either the Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) or the full version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

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