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The Federated Core Platform is a suite of software providing everything needed to deliver open source SaaS applications: integrate them to work well together; manage, patch, update the software; and provide bespoke customer service for customers.

The main component groups of Federated Core Platform are:

### Provisioning

1) **Provisioner:** interacts with cloud platform (eg Hetzner, Cloud Stack, OpenStack, Triton) to spin up virtual machine and install software and network;
2) **Core Server:** Federated Linux distribution for X64 and ARM virtual machines;
3) **Core Mini:** The minimal amount of software that must always be installed for a Core;
4) **Unified Storage:** architecture for shared storage between Core docker images;
5) **Unified Messaging:** email infrastructure for all docker images including autodiscover services;
6) **Authentication:** OIDC provider;
7) **Dashboard:** user creation, domain and application preferences;
8) **Computer:** end-user application for managing software links and workflows.

### Maintenance

1) **CoreScanner:** customer support application for monitoring and locked-down actions on customer infrastructure;
2) **Update and Upgrade:** system for discovering new software versions and pushing to customers;
3) **Monitor and Fix:** machine-learning to identify and solve operational issues based on customer support patterns.

### Customization

1) **Core Workflow Intelligence:** AI-driven workflows between SaaS applications;
2) **Adding Software to Federated Core:** how to add SaaS applications to Federated Core Platform;
3) **Why Open Source Projects Work With Federated:** the benefits of Federated Core Platform for open source SaaS projects.

### Billing

1) **Account Management and Billing:** tracking what is used and billed.

### Services

1) **Federated Management:** let Federated Computer run your cloud for or alongside your team;
2) **Customer Service and Support:** let Federated Computer provide 24/7 customer support for or alongside your team.

(Note: you can learn more about these components by selecting the documentation in the left navigation.)
