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title: "Marketing Automation database"
slug: "marketing-automation-database"
abstract: "Overview of Sitecore Marketing Automation database supported infrastructure, references, and scaling and security."
---
# Marketing Automation database

This Marketing Automation database contains marketing automation plan and activity enrollments, and the automation pool.

## Supported infrastructure

You can host the Marketing Automation database on:

- SQL Server
- SQL Azure

Refer to the [Sitecore compatibility table](https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/087164) for compatible versions.

## Reference structure

The Marketing Automation database has its place in the Sitecore reference structure. It can be referenced by other roles, and it can also reference other roles.

![Illustration showing the Marketing Automation database's place in the Sitecore reference structure.](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/marketing-automation-database.png)

### Referenced by

The Marketing Automation database is referenced by the following roles:

- [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")
- [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")

### References

The Marketing Automation database does not reference other roles.

## Privacy and security

Assuming default behavior, the Marketing Automation database does not handle personal data.

### Assumptions

- Personal data is not stored in the Marketing Automation database - for example, as custom values in activities.