# Platform Administration and Architecture

> XP documentation for developers, in English, version 10.3.

- Product: XP
- Audience: Developers
- Language: English
- Version: 10.3
- Status: Previous version
- Canonical URL: https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture

## Architecture and roles

- [Architecture and roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/architecture-and-roles.md)

### Architecture overview

- [Architecture overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/architecture-overview.md)
- [Roles overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/roles-overview.md)
- [Session state overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/session-state-overview.md)
- [Search and indexing overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/search-and-indexing-overview.md)

### Experience Manager roles

- [Experience Manager roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-manager-roles.md)
- [Experience Manager application roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-manager-application-roles.md)
- [Content Delivery (CD)](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/content-delivery--cd-.md)
- [Content Management (CM)](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/content-management--cm-.md)
- [Content Publishing (Publishing)](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/content-publishing--publishing-.md)
- [Sitecore Identity Server](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-identity-server.md)
- [Experience Manager storage roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-manager-storage-roles.md)
- [Web database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/web-database.md)
- [Master database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/master-database.md)
- [Core database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/core-database.md)
- [Security database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/security-database.md)
- [Private Session State Store](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/private-session-state-store.md)
- [Shared Session State Store](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/shared-session-state-store.md)
- [Forms database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/forms-database.md)
- [Experience Manager indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-manager-indexes.md)
- [Web index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/web-index.md)
- [Master index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/master-index.md)
- [Core index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/core-index.md)

### Experience Platform roles

- [Experience Platform roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-roles.md)
- [Experience Platform application roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-application-roles.md)
- [xConnect Collection service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-collection-service.md)
- [xConnect Collection Search service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-collection-search-service.md)
- [xConnect Search Indexer](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-search-indexer.md)
- [Marketing Automation Engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-engine.md)
- [Marketing Automation Operations service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-operations-service.md)
- [Marketing Automation Reporting service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-reporting-service.md)
- [xDB Processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-processing.md)
- [Reference Data service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/reference-data-service.md)
- [EXM Dispatch](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/exm-dispatch.md)
- [Universal Tracker Processing service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/universal-tracker-processing-service.md)
- [Universal Tracker Collection service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/universal-tracker-collection-service.md)
- [Sitecore Cortex Processing Engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-engine.md)
- [Sitecore Cortex Reporting service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-reporting-service.md)
- [Sitecore Cortex Processing service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-service.md)
- [Experience Platform storage roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-storage-roles.md)
- [xDB Collection database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-collection-database.md)
- [xDB Processing Pools database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-processing-pools-database.md)
- [xDB Processing Tasks database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-processing-tasks-database.md)
- [xDB Reference Data database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-reference-data-database.md)
- [xDB Reporting database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-reporting-database.md)
- [EXM database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/exm-database.md)
- [Message Bus](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/message-bus.md)
- [Marketing Automation database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation-database.md)
- [Sitecore Cortex Processing Storage](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-storage.md)
- [Sitecore Cortex Processing Tasks database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-cortex-processing-tasks-database.md)
- [Universal Tracker database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/universal-tracker-database.md)
- [Experience Platform indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-indexes.md)
- [xDB index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xdb-index.md)
- [FXM Master index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/fxm-master-index.md)
- [FXM Web index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/fxm-web-index.md)
- [Master Marketing Assets index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/master-marketing-assets-index.md)
- [Web Marketing Assets index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/web-marketing-assets-index.md)
- [Master Marketing Definitions index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/master-marketing-definitions-index.md)
- [Web Marketing Definitions index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/web-marketing-definitions-index.md)
- [Suggested Test index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/suggested-test-index.md)
- [Testing index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/testing-index.md)
- [Personalization index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/personalization-index.md)

### Experience Commerce roles

- [Experience Commerce roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-commerce-roles.md)
- [Experience Commerce application roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-commerce-application-roles.md)
- [Authoring](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/authoring.md)
- [BizFX](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/bizfx.md)
- [Minions](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/minions.md)
- [Shops](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/shops.md)
- [Experience Commerce storage roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-commerce-storage-roles.md)
- [Global database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/global-database.md)
- [Shared Environments database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/shared-environments-database.md)
- [Commerce cache store](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/commerce-cache-store.md)
- [Experience Commerce indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-commerce-indexes.md)
- [Catalog Items Scope index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/catalog-items-scope-index.md)
- [Customers Scope index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/customers-scope-index.md)
- [Orders Scope index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/orders-scope-index.md)
- [Price Cards Scope index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/price-cards-scope-index.md)
- [Promotions Scope index](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/promotions-scope-index.md)

### Connectors

- [Connectors](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/connectors.md)
- [Data Exchange Framework Remote Client](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/data-exchange-framework-remote-client.md)

### Cloud Services

- [Cloud Services](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/cloud-services.md)
- [Device Detection](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/device-detection.md)
- [Email Cloud](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/email-cloud.md)
- [IP Geolocation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/ip-geolocation.md)

## Data flows and processes

- [Data flows and processes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/data-flows-and-processes.md)

### Experience Manager data flows

- [Experience Manager data flows](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-manager-data-flows.md)
- [Content Management](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/content-management.md)
- [Publishing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/publishing.md)
- [Content Delivery](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/content-delivery.md)
- [Tracking and personalization](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/tracking-and-personalization.md)
- [Forms management](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/forms-management.md)
- [Authentication and authorization](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/authentication-and-authorization.md)
- [Data exchange and synchronization](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/data-exchange-and-synchronization.md)

### Experience Platform data flows

- [Experience Platform data flows](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-data-flows.md)
- [Collecting experience data](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/collecting-experience-data.md)
- [Indexing and segmentation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/indexing-and-segmentation.md)
- [Processing and aggregation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/processing-and-aggregation.md)
- [Analytics and reporting](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/analytics-and-reporting.md)
- [Email marketing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/email-marketing.md)
- [Marketing automation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/marketing-automation.md)

### Experience Commerce data flows

- [Experience Commerce data flows](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-commerce-data-flows.md)
- [Shopping](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/shopping.md)
- [Checkout](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/checkout.md)
- [Customer registration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/customer-registration.md)
- [Commerce management](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/commerce-management.md)

## Role scaling and configuration

- [Role scaling and configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/role-scaling-and-configuration.md)
- [Scaling options](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-options.md)
- [Deployment options](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/deployment-options.md)
- [Default topologies](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/default-topologies.md)
- [Scaling and configuring Commerce Engine roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-commerce-engine-roles.md)
- [Configuration patching](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuration-patching.md)
- [Hardware and software requirements](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/hardware-and-software-requirements.md)

### Scaling and configuring Core roles

- [Scaling and configuring Core roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-core-roles.md)
- [Core role configuration overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/core-role-configuration-overview.md)
- [Use a patch file to customize the Sitecore configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/use-a-patch-file-to-customize-the-sitecore-configuration.md)
- [Control a patch file setting](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/control-a-patch-file-setting.md)
- [Disable a patch file](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-a-patch-file.md)
- [Configuration patch file examples](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuration-patch-file-examples.md)
- [Rule-based configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/rule-based-configuration.md)
- [Define the server role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/define-the-server-role.md)
- [Use a rule-based configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/use-a-rule-based-configuration.md)
- [Configuration layers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuration-layers.md)
- [Add a custom rule to your configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/add-a-custom-rule-to-your-configuration.md)
- [View configuration changes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/view-configuration-changes.md)
- [Updating Core roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/updating-core-roles.md)
- [Scaling and configuring Content Delivery](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-content-delivery.md)
- [Configure multiple Content Delivery instances](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-multiple-content-delivery-instances.md)
- [Dedicate a Content Delivery instance to session expiration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/dedicate-a-content-delivery-instance-to-session-expiration.md)
- [Scaling and configuring Content Management](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-content-management.md)
- [Configure multiple Content Management instances](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-multiple-content-management-instances.md)
- [Scaling and configuring xDB Processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-xdb-processing.md)
- [Configure multiple xDB Processing instances](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-multiple-xdb-processing-instances.md)

### Scaling and configuring XP service roles

- [Scaling and configuring XP service roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-xp-service-roles.md)
- [XP services configuration overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xp-services-configuration-overview.md)
- [Set up an environment-based configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/set-up-an-environment-based-configuration.md)
- [Scaling and configuring EXM Dispatch](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-exm-dispatch.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the xConnect Collection service role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-xconnect-collection-service-role.md)
- [Manually enable the xConnect Collection service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/manually-enable-the-xconnect-collection-service.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the xConnect Collection Search role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-xconnect-collection-search-role.md)
- [Manually enable the xConnect Collection Search service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/manually-enable-the-xconnect-collection-search-service.md)
- [Configure the Solr search provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-solr-search-provider.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the xConnect Search Indexer](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-xconnect-search-indexer.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Reference Data service role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-reference-data-service-role.md)
- [Manually enable the Reference Data service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/manually-enable-the-reference-data-service.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Marketing Automation Reporting service role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-marketing-automation-reporting-service-role.md)
- [Manually enable the Marketing Automation Reporting service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/manually-enable-the-marketing-automation-reporting-service.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Marketing Automation Operations service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-marketing-automation-operations-service.md)
- [Manually enable the Marketing Automation Operations service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/manually-enable-the-marketing-automation-operations-service.md)
- [Extend the item deployment timeout](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/extend-the-item-deployment-timeout.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Marketing Automation Engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-marketing-automation-engine.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Sitecore Cortex Processing Engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-sitecore-cortex-processing-engine.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Sitecore Cortex Processing Blob and Table Processing Storage service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-sitecore-cortex-processing-blob-and-table-processing-storage-service.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Sitecore Cortex Reporting service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-sitecore-cortex-reporting-service.md)

### Scaling and configuring Sitecore Host roles

- [Scaling and configuring Sitecore Host roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-sitecore-host-roles.md)
- [Scaling and configuring Sitecore Identity Server](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-sitecore-identity-server.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Content Publishing service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-content-publishing-service.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Universal Tracker Processing service](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-universal-tracker-processing-service.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Universal Tracker Collection service role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-universal-tracker-collection-service-role.md)

### Running Sitecore without the xDB

- [Running Sitecore without the xDB](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/running-sitecore-without-the-xdb.md)
- [Using CMS-only mode to run Sitecore without the xDB](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-cms-only-mode-to-run-sitecore-without-the-xdb.md)
- [Sitecore XP feature compatibility when the xDB is disabled](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-xp-feature-compatibility-when-the-xdb-is-disabled.md)
- [Enable/disable the xDB and the tracker](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-disable-the-xdb-and-the-tracker.md)
- [The xDB and tracker configuration settings](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-xdb-and-tracker-configuration-settings.md)
- [The personalization conditions](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-personalization-conditions.md)
- [Using XM Scaled packages to run Sitecore without the xDB](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-xm-scaled-packages-to-run-sitecore-without-the-xdb.md)
- [Sitecore XP feature compatibility in XM Scaled packages](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-xp-feature-compatibility-in-xm-scaled-packages.md)

### Scaling and configuring messaging

- [Scaling and configuring messaging](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-messaging.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Message Bus role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-message-bus-role.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring the Message Bus role to use Azure Service Bus](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-the-message-bus-role-to-use-azure-service-bus.md)

### Scaling and configuring publishing

- [Scaling and configuring publishing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-publishing.md)
- [Scaling and configuring publishing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-publishing-889645.md)

### Scaling and configuring session state

- [Scaling and configuring session state](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-session-state.md)
- [Estimating memory and storage requirements for session state](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/estimating-memory-and-storage-requirements-for-session-state.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring a private session state database using the SQL provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-a-private-session-state-database-using-the-sql-provider.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring a shared session state database using the SQL provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-a-shared-session-state-database-using-the-sql-provider.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring a private session state database using the Redis provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-a-private-session-state-database-using-the-redis-provider.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring a shared session state database using the Redis provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-a-shared-session-state-database-using-the-redis-provider.md)
- [Configure a dedicated Expired Session Processing server](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-a-dedicated-expired-session-processing-server.md)
- [Troubleshoot Redis timeouts](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/troubleshoot-redis-timeouts.md)
- [Redis provider settings reference](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/redis-provider-settings-reference.md)

### Scaling and configuring search

- [Scaling and configuring search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-search.md)
- [Moving from Lucene to Solr](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/moving-from-lucene-to-solr.md)
- [Content search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/content-search.md)
- [Walkthrough: Setting up Solr](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--setting-up-solr.md)
- [Using Solr to group search results](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-solr-to-group-search-results.md)
- [Using Solr to highlight search results](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-solr-to-highlight-search-results.md)
- [Add highlighting to a custom search type](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/add-highlighting-to-a-custom-search-type.md)
- [Configure highlighting in a custom search type](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-highlighting-in-a-custom-search-type.md)
- [Using the Solr spell checker](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-the-solr-spell-checker.md)
- [Using Solr spatial search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-solr-spatial-search.md)
- [Solr managed schemas](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/solr-managed-schemas.md)
- [Specify connection timeout](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/specify-connection-timeout.md)
- [Configure the Solr retry strategy](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-solr-retry-strategy.md)
- [Using Solr field name resolution](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-solr-field-name-resolution.md)
- [Create a computed index field](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/create-a-computed-index-field.md)
- [Using Solr auto-suggest](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-solr-auto-suggest.md)
- [Use Solr soft commits](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/use-solr-soft-commits.md)
- [Protecting Solr over HTTP](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/protecting-solr-over-http.md)
- [Add custom fields to a Solr schema](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/add-custom-fields-to-a-solr-schema.md)
- [Enabling and disabling result type projection](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enabling-and-disabling-result-type-projection.md)
- [Enable mutual TLS authentication for Solr](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-mutual-tls-authentication-for-solr.md)
- [Set up search query field mapping](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/set-up-search-query-field-mapping.md)
- [Walkthrough: Setting up SolrCloud](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--setting-up-solrcloud.md)
- [Configure search results](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-search-results.md)
- [Configuring search and item bucket scalability](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuring-search-and-item-bucket-scalability.md)
- [Create a default and a persistent search query](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/create-a-default-and-a-persistent-search-query.md)
- [Search result boosting](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/search-result-boosting.md)
- [The search and indexing configuration files](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-search-and-indexing-configuration-files.md)
- [Exclude an item field from full-text search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/exclude-an-item-field-from-full-text-search.md)
- [Get an item URL based on a search result](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/get-an-item-url-based-on-a-search-result.md)
- [Configure indexing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-indexing.md)
- [Index content of media files](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/index-content-of-media-files.md)
- [Walkthrough: Using Apache Tika to extract media content for indexing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--using-apache-tika-to-extract-media-content-for-indexing.md)
- [Index update strategies](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/index-update-strategies.md)
- [Index-dependent HTML caching](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/index-dependent-html-caching.md)
- [Multiple indexes (sharding)](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/multiple-indexes--sharding-.md)
- [Rebuild search indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/rebuild-search-indexes.md)
- [Switch Solr indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/switch-solr-indexes.md)
- [The index property store](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-index-property-store.md)
- [Search index descriptions](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/search-index-descriptions.md)
- [The search indexes required in a scalable environment](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-search-indexes-required-in-a-scalable-environment.md)
- [The search and indexing log files](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-search-and-indexing-log-files.md)
- [Using the IndexCustodian class for index operations](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/using-the-indexcustodian-class-for-index-operations.md)
- [xConnect search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-search.md)
- [Configure the Solr search provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-solr-search-provider-889696.md)
- [Walkthrough: Using SolrCloud for xConnect search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--using-solrcloud-for-xconnect-search.md)
- [Configure partial search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-partial-search.md)

### Scaling and configuring databases

- [Scaling and configuring databases](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-databases.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Core database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-core-database.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Master database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-master-database.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Web database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-web-database.md)
- [Walkthrough: Replicating the Web database using Azure active geo-replication](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--replicating-the-web-database-using-azure-active-geo-replication.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Forms database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-forms-database.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the Universal Tracker database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-universal-tracker-database.md)
- [Scaling and configuring the xDB Collection database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/scaling-and-configuring-the-xdb-collection-database.md)
- [The SQL Sharding Deployment Tool](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-sql-sharding-deployment-tool.md)
- [Split or merge xDB Collection database shards](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/split-or-merge-xdb-collection-database-shards.md)
- [Deploy the xDB Collection database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/deploy-the-xdb-collection-database.md)
- [Rename an xDB Collection database shard](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/rename-an-xdb-collection-database-shard.md)
- [Configure SQL indexes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-sql-indexes.md)

### Monitoring Sitecore

- [Monitoring Sitecore](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/monitoring-sitecore.md)
- [Monitoring the health of web roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/monitoring-the-health-of-web-roles.md)
- [Monitoring the health of non-web roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/monitoring-the-health-of-non-web-roles.md)

### Role scaling and configuration tasks

- [Role scaling and configuration tasks](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/role-scaling-and-configuration-tasks.md)
- [Configuring caching](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuring-caching.md)
- [Tune cache values](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/tune-cache-values.md)
- [Configure HTML/component cache values](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-html-component-cache-values.md)
- [Recommended initial cache values](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/recommended-initial-cache-values.md)
- [Configure Access Result cache values](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-access-result-cache-values.md)
- [Configure Item and Data cache values](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-item-and-data-cache-values.md)
- [Configure Prefetch cache values](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-prefetch-cache-values.md)
- [Optimize or disable the Prefetch caches](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/optimize-or-disable-the-prefetch-caches.md)
- [Disable the cache size limit](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-the-cache-size-limit.md)
- [Enable cache key indexing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-cache-key-indexing.md)
- [Configure the PropertyStore cache](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-propertystore-cache.md)
- [The Log singles cache](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-log-singles-cache.md)
- [Set the QueryStringCache cache size](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/set-the-querystringcache-cache-size.md)
- [Creating a cache](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/creating-a-cache.md)
- [Disable the robot detection component on a Content Management server](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-the-robot-detection-component-on-a-content-management-server.md)
- [Configure dedicated xConnect Collection and xConnect Collection Search connection strings](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-dedicated-xconnect-collection-and-xconnect-collection-search-connection-strings.md)
- [Configure a circuit breaker for xConnect](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-a-circuit-breaker-for-xconnect.md)
- [Configure region specific copies of the Links table](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-region-specific-copies-of-the-links-table.md)
- [Update XP service role license files](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/update-xp-service-role-license-files.md)
- [Update Core role license files](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/update-core-role-license-files.md)
- [Configure SSL offloading](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-ssl-offloading.md)
- [Enable the indexing sub-role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-the-indexing-sub-role.md)
- [Enable the Shared Session State Store](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-the-shared-session-state-store.md)
- [Walkthrough: Moving security data to a separate database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--moving-security-data-to-a-separate-database.md)
- [Walkthrough: Disable the Security database on a Content Delivery instance](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--disable-the-security-database-on-a-content-delivery-instance.md)
- [Configure SQL Server Always On for the Core, Master, Web, and Reporting databases](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-sql-server-always-on-for-the-core-master-web-and-reporting-databases.md)
- [Configure session expiration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-session-expiration.md)
- [Configure the analytics cookie domain](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-analytics-cookie-domain.md)
- [Configure the analytics cookie lifetime](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-analytics-cookie-lifetime.md)
- [Configure multiple managed websites](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-multiple-managed-websites.md)
- [Determining website context](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/determining-website-context.md)
- [Enable or disable performance counters](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-or-disable-performance-counters.md)
- [Enable or disable publishing deep scan](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-or-disable-publishing-deep-scan.md)
- [Managing the size of your reporting data](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/managing-the-size-of-your-reporting-data.md)
- [Enable user agent string caching](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-user-agent-string-caching.md)
- [Configure the expired session cleanup setting](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-expired-session-cleanup-setting.md)
- [Configure session end batching](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-session-end-batching.md)
- [Map traffic types to channels](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/map-traffic-types-to-channels.md)
- [Configure the tracker's Reference Data Client API timeout](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-tracker-s-reference-data-client-api-timeout.md)
- [Configure the tracker's xConnect Client API timeout](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-tracker-s-xconnect-client-api-timeout.md)
- [Configure the TVP or staging tables execution strategy for the xDB Collection SQL provider](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-tvp-or-staging-tables-execution-strategy-for-the-xdb-collection-sql-provider.md)
- [Configure Sitecore roles for separate EventQueue, Properties, and Tasks tables](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-sitecore-roles-for-separate-eventqueue-properties-and-tasks-tables.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring Always On for the xDB Collection database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-always-on-for-the-xdb-collection-database.md)
- [Clean up the EventQueue and PublishQueue tables](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/clean-up-the-eventqueue-and-publishqueue-tables.md)
- [Configure the tracker submit queue](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-tracker-submit-queue.md)
- [Configure the cacheSize setting for the IDTable](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-cachesize-setting-for-the-idtable.md)
- [Delete obsolete blobs](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/delete-obsolete-blobs.md)
- [The MemoryMonitorHook class](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-memorymonitorhook-class.md)
- [Enable offline fonts for the Sitecore client](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-offline-fonts-for-the-sitecore-client.md)

### xConnect Scalable Reads

- [xConnect Scalable Reads](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-scalable-reads.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring xConnect Scalable Reads](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-xconnect-scalable-reads.md)
- [xConnect Client API read preferences](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/xconnect-client-api-read-preferences.md)
- [The Scalable Reads plugin configurators](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-scalable-reads-plugin-configurators.md)
- [SQL provider execution strategies](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sql-provider-execution-strategies.md)

## Security guide

- [Security guide](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/security-guide.md)
- [Securing Experience Manager](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/securing-experience-manager.md)
- [Securing Experience Platform](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/securing-experience-platform.md)
- [Securing Experience Commerce](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/securing-experience-commerce.md)
- [Application and database permissions](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/application-and-database-permissions.md)

### Security tasks

- [Security tasks](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/security-tasks.md)
- [Database security recommendations](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/database-security-recommendations.md)
- [Configure SQL Always Encrypted for the xDB Collection database](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-sql-always-encrypted-for-the-xdb-collection-database.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring Always Encrypted for the Sitecore Cortex Processing databases using Azure Key Vault](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-always-encrypted-for-the-sitecore-cortex-processing-databases-using-azure-key-vault.md)
- [Walkthrough: Configuring Always Encrypted for the Sitecore Cortex Processing databases using Windows Key Store](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--configuring-always-encrypted-for-the-sitecore-cortex-processing-databases-using-windows-key-store.md)
- [Walkthrough: Setting up Always Encrypted for the suppression list in EXM](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/walkthrough--setting-up-always-encrypted-for-the-suppression-list-in-exm.md)
- [Allow or deny users access to web resources](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/allow-or-deny-users-access-to-web-resources.md)
- [Change the administrator password](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/change-the-administrator-password.md)
- [Change the hash algorithm for password encryption](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/change-the-hash-algorithm-for-password-encryption.md)
- [Configure API authentication keys in a scaled environment](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-api-authentication-keys-in-a-scaled-environment.md)
- [Configuring your firewall](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuring-your-firewall.md)
- [Enable and disable an administrative tool](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-and-disable-an-administrative-tool.md)
- [Disable client RSS feeds](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-client-rss-feeds.md)
- [Disable SQL Server access from XSLT](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-sql-server-access-from-xslt.md)
- [Enable or disable client certificate authentication for XP service roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-or-disable-client-certificate-authentication-for-xp-service-roles.md)
- [Replace a Sitecore client certificate in Azure](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/replace-a-sitecore-client-certificate-in-azure.md)
- [Enable FIPS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-fips.md)
- [HTTPS configuration](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/https-configuration.md)
- [Enable HTTPS for Content Search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-https-for-content-search.md)
- [Enforce HTTPS for Core roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enforce-https-for-core-roles.md)
- [Enforce HTTPS for Experience Platform service roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enforce-https-for-experience-platform-service-roles.md)
- [Enforce HTTPS for the Content Publishing role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enforce-https-for-the-content-publishing-role.md)
- [Enforce HTTPS for xConnect Search](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enforce-https-for-xconnect-search.md)
- [Enforce HTTPS for the xDB Processing service end point](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enforce-https-for-the-xdb-processing-service-end-point.md)
- [Increase login security](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/increase-login-security.md)
- [IP hashing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/ip-hashing.md)
- [Limit access to XML, XSLT, and MRT files](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/limit-access-to-xml-xslt-and-mrt-files.md)
- [Limit access to PhantomJS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/limit-access-to-phantomjs.md)
- [Protect media requests](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/protect-media-requests.md)
- [Remove header information from responses sent by your website](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/remove-header-information-from-responses-sent-by-your-website.md)
- [Restrict access to the client](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/restrict-access-to-the-client.md)
- [Secure Sitecore.Services.Client](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/secure-sitecore-services-client.md)
- [Secure the file upload functionality](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/secure-the-file-upload-functionality.md)
- [Secure the Telerik controls](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/secure-the-telerik-controls.md)
- [Separate Content Management and Content Delivery servers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/separate-content-management-and-content-delivery-servers.md)
- [Enforce a strong password policy](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enforce-a-strong-password-policy.md)
- [Protect the connection string passwords from unauthorized access](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/protect-the-connection-string-passwords-from-unauthorized-access.md)
- [Updates and disaster recovery](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/updates-and-disaster-recovery.md)

## User security

- [User security](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/user-security.md)

### Log in to Experience Platform

- [Log in to Experience Platform](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/log-in-to-experience-platform.md)
- [Change your Sitecore password](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/change-your-sitecore-password.md)
- [Kick off or add a user](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/kick-off-or-add-a-user.md)
- [Disable user boosting](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-user-boosting.md)

### Sitecore security

- [Sitecore security](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-security.md)
- [Configure the password policy](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configure-the-password-policy.md)
- [Disable link validation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/disable-link-validation.md)
- [Enable FIPS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/enable-fips-889827.md)
- [Security and item buckets](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/security-and-item-buckets.md)
- [The history table and the history engine](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-history-table-and-the-history-engine.md)
- [The security tools](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-tools.md)

### The access rights

- [The access rights](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-access-rights.md)
- [Assigning access rights](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/assigning-access-rights.md)
- [Assign access rights to a security account](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/assign-access-rights-to-a-security-account.md)
- [View the access rights of a security account](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/view-the-access-rights-of-a-security-account.md)
- [The Inheritance access right](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-inheritance-access-right.md)
- [Restrict access to the client](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/restrict-access-to-the-client-889836.md)

### Users, roles, and domains

- [Users, roles, and domains](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/users-roles-and-domains.md)
- [Add a user to a role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/add-a-user-to-a-role.md)
- [Add or remove a security account from a role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/add-or-remove-a-security-account-from-a-role.md)
- [Create and edit a security domain](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/create-and-edit-a-security-domain.md)
- [Create and set up a role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/create-and-set-up-a-role.md)
- [Create a user](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/create-a-user.md)
- [Edit and manage a user account](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/edit-and-manage-a-user-account.md)
- [Sample: Add, remove, or get a role from another role](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sample--add-remove-or-get-a-role-from-another-role.md)
- [Security domains](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/security-domains.md)
- [The security roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-security-roles.md)
- [The user accounts](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/the-user-accounts.md)

## Global privacy guide

- [Global privacy guide](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/global-privacy-guide.md)
- [Privacy checklist](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/privacy-checklist.md)
- [Cookies used by Sitecore](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/cookies-used-by-sitecore.md)

### Personal data in Sitecore

- [Personal data in Sitecore](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/personal-data-in-sitecore.md)
- [Entities that represent individuals in your Sitecore implementation](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/entities-that-represent-individuals-in-your-sitecore-implementation.md)
- [Limiting exposure of personal information](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/limiting-exposure-of-personal-information.md)

### Securing personal information

- [Securing personal information](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/securing-personal-information.md)
- [Secure access to applications with personal information](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/secure-access-to-applications-with-personal-information.md)

### Supporting privacy rights

- [Supporting privacy rights](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/supporting-privacy-rights.md)
- [Right to erasure](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-erasure.md)
- [Right of access by the individual](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-of-access-by-the-individual.md)
- [Consent and the right to object](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/consent-and-the-right-to-object.md)
- [Right to data portability](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-data-portability.md)
- [Right to rectification](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-rectification.md)
- [Right to be informed](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-be-informed.md)
- [Right to restrict processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-restrict-processing.md)
- [Right not to be subject to discrimination](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-not-to-be-subject-to-discrimination.md)
- [Right to object or opt-out of selling of personal information](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/right-to-object-or-opt-out-of-selling-of-personal-information.md)
- [Profiling and automated decision-making](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/profiling-and-automated-decision-making.md)
- [Types of processing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/types-of-processing.md)
- [Privacy functionality by feature](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/privacy-functionality-by-feature.md)

## Sitecore XP pre-releases and hotfixes

- [Sitecore XP pre-releases and hotfixes](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-xp-pre-releases-and-hotfixes.md)
- [Sitecore XP pre-releases](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/sitecore-xp-pre-releases.md)
- [Install a Sitecore XP pre-release using SIF](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/install-a-sitecore-xp-pre-release-using-sif.md)
- [Deploy a Sitecore XP pre-release using Docker](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/deploy-a-sitecore-xp-pre-release-using-docker.md)

## Optional

- [Version 10.4](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Current.
- [Version 10.2](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Previous version.
- [Version 10.1](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/101/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Previous version.
- [Version 10.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Previous version.
- [Version 9.3](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/93/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Previous version.
- [Version 9.2](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/92/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Previous version.
- [Version 9.1](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/91/platform-administration-and-architecture/llms.txt): Previous version.