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title: "Sitecore Cortex Processing service"
slug: "sitecore-cortex-processing-service"
abstract: "Overview of Sitecore Cortex Processing service supported infrastructure, references, and scaling."
---
# Sitecore Cortex Processing service

The Sitecore Cortex™ Processing service encompasses the following services:

- Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service
- Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service

<details>
<summary><h2>Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service</h2></summary>

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service is used to manage data blobs created by custom workers or projected data blobs.

> [!note]
> In the default XP Scaled topology, the Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage and Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage services are combined into a single service.

### Supported infrastructure

You can host the Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service on:

- IIS
- [Azure App Service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/)

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

### Reference structure

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service 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 Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service's place in the Sitecore reference structure.](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/blob-storage.PNG)

### References

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob Storage service references the following roles:

#### Storage roles

| Role name | Connection string name | Port | Type | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sitecore Cortex Processing Storage | processing.engine.storage | 1433 | SQL |  |

</details>

<details>
<summary><h2>Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service</h2></summary>

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service is used to access data such as data projection results in blob storage.

> [!note]
> In the default XP Scaled topology, the Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage and Sitecore Cortex™ Processing Blob Storage services are combined into a single service.

### Supported infrastructure

You can host the Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service on:

- IIS
- [Azure App Service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/)

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

### Reference structure

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service 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 Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service's place in the Sitecore reference structure.](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/table-storage.PNG)

### References

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Table Storage service references the following roles:

#### Storage roles

| Role name | Connection string name | Port | Type | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sitecore Cortex Processing Storage | processing.engine.storage | 1433 | SQL |  |

</details>

<details>
<summary><h2>Sitecore Cortex Processing Task Registration service</h2></summary>

Sitecore Cortex Processing Task Registration service is used to register and maintain processing tasks for the Sitecore Cortex Processing Engine.

### Supported infrastructure

You can host the Sitecore Cortex Processing Task Registration service on:

- IIS
- [Azure App Service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/)

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

### Reference structure

Sitecore Cortex Processing Task Registration service has its place in the Sitecore reference structure. It can be referenced by other roles, and it can also reference other roles.

### References

The Sitecore Cortex Processing Task Registration service references the following roles:

#### Storage roles

| Role name | Connection string name | Port | Type | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Processing Tasks database | processing.engine.tasks | 1433 | SQL |  |

</details>