---
title: "Experience Platform roles"
slug: "experience-platform-roles"
abstract: "Links to Sitecore Experience Platform Application and Storage roles and indexes."
---
# Experience Platform roles

- [Application roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-application-roles.html "Experience Platform application roles")
    - [xConnect Collection service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-collection-service.html "xConnect Collection service")
    - [xConnect Collection Search service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-collection-search-service.html "xConnect Collection Search service")
    - [xConnect Search Indexer](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-search-indexer.html "xConnect Search Indexer")
    - [Marketing Automation Engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-engine.html "Marketing Automation Engine")
    - [Marketing Automation Operations service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-operations-service.html "Marketing Automation Operations service")
    - [Marketing Automation Reporting service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-reporting-service.html "Marketing Automation Reporting service")
    - [xDB Processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-processing.html "xDB Processing")
    - [xDB Reporting](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-reporting-service.html "xDB Reporting service")
    - [Reference Data service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/reference-data-service.html "Reference Data service")
    - [EXM Dispatch](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/exm-dispatch.html "EXM Dispatch")
    - [Sitecore Cortex™ Processing Engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-engine.html "Sitecore Cortex Processing Engine")
    - [Sitecore Cortex™ Table Storage service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-table-storage-service.html "Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service")
    - [Sitecore Cortex™ Blob Storage service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-blob-storage-service.html "Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service")
    - [Sitecore Cortex™ Reporting service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-reporting-service.html "Sitecore Cortex Reporting service")
    - [Universal Tracker Collection service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/universal-tracker-collection-service.html "Universal Tracker Collection service")
    - [Universal Tracker Processing service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/universal-tracker-processing-service.html "Universal Tracker Processing service")
- [Storage roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-storage-roles.html "Experience Platform storage roles")
    - [xDB Collection database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-collection-database.html "xDB Collection database")
    - [xDB Processing Pools database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-processing-pools-database.html "xDB Processing Pools database")
    - [xDB Processing Tasks database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-processing-tasks-database.html "xDB Processing Tasks database")
    - [xDB Reference Data database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-reference-data-database.html "xDB Reference Data database")
    - [xDB Reporting database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-reporting-database.html "xDB Reporting database")
    - [Marketing Automation database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-database.html "Marketing Automation database")
    - [EXM database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/exm-database.html "EXM database")
    - [Message Bus](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/message-bus.html "Message Bus")
    - [Sitecore Cortex™ Processing Storage](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-storage.html "Sitecore Cortex Processing Storage")
    - [Sitecore Cortex™ Processing Tasks database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-tasks-database.html "Sitecore Cortex Processing Tasks database")
    - [Universal Tracker database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/universal-tracker-database.html "Universal Tracker database")
- [Indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-indexes.html "Experience Platform indexes")
    - [xDB index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-index.html "xDB index")
    - [FXM Master index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/fxm-master-index.html "FXM Master index")
    - [FXM Web index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/fxm-web-index.html "FXM Web index")
    - [Master Marketing Assets index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/master-marketing-assets-index.html "Master Marketing Assets index")
    - [Web Marketing Assets index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/web-marketing-assets-index.html "Web Marketing Assets index")
    - [Master Marketing Definitions index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/master-marketing-definitions-index.html "Master Marketing Definitions index")
    - [Web Marketing Definitions index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/web-marketing-definitions-index.html "Web Marketing Definitions index")
    - [Suggested Test index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/suggested-test-index.html "Suggested Test index")
    - [Testing index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/testing-index.html "Testing index")
    - [Personalization index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/personalization-index.html "Personalization index")