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title: "Server"
slug: "server"
description: "What the server component does, where it sits in the architecture, and what you need to know about it before installation or configuration."
updated: 2025-10-07T09:58:24Z
published: 2025-10-07T10:22:15Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/server"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Server

### General

The central component of any installation is *Mail & Deploy Server* which is a windows services that:

- Runs under the [Service Account](/release36/docs/service-account)
- Hosts the [Repository](/release36/docs/repository) which is the central database that contains all data managed by Mail & Deploy.
- Performs all executions (such as [Task](/release36/docs/tasks) executions).
- Provides [Services](/release36/docs/services) that can expose a user interface for [Users](/release36/docs/users) to connect or an [API](/release36/docs/introduction-25) to connect to.

The windows service that hosts *Mail & Deploy Server* is called *Mail & Deploy*.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3657e0f-d0b6-4032-8271-1f5869a7b807/Images/Documentation/image%281%29.png) **Service Management in Microsoft Windows**

You can use the normal service management functionality of the operating system, to start, stop, or restart the service.

          WARNING

          

If you need to change the credentials of the Service Account, you should not do that in the services management console of the operating system; instead you should do it by changing the Server Settings.