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# Set up Satellite

> How to set up Satellite

Satellite is accessed via the Replication screen.

## Pre-requisites

* Decide if the Satellite database should contain the same data as the central database, or be segmented

* Consider how many Satellite companies you need. Each Satellite is owned by a company in the central database. Such companies are called **Satellite Companies**.

* Decide which users belong in each Satellite by assigning them log-in rights in the area that defines the Satellite. Users who are not assigned login rights for any Satellite continue to be users on the central database

## Steps

1. Enter a company in SuperOffice Sales & Marketing client.

2. Define the company as a satellite company. Do this in the **Options** screen in the Maintenance Client in the same way as you add other companies.

3. Enter the satellite company's employees as contacts of the satellite company. Do this in the **Users** screen in the Maintenance Client in the same way as you add other contacts.

   <Note>
     This is not necessary to use the satellite, but it will make it easier to maintain an overview.
   </Note>

4. Activate the satellite company's contacts as associates in the central database by assigning them IDs, passwords, a user group, login rights, and where appropriate, Travel rights. Do this in the **Users** screen in the same way as you activate other users.

5. Define an area for the satellite company to determine which Sales & Marketing users' data will be included in the satellite database, and which users will have login rights to it. Do this in the **Replication** screen, as described under Using Area Management.

6. Generate the satellite using Satellite.

## Generate a satellite

1. Open the **Replication** screen in SOAdmin.

2. Click the **Define satellites** button on the right of the screen.

3. In the **Generate Satellite** dialog, click **Add**.

4. In the **New satellite** dialog, set the following values:

   * Select the correct area from the **Area name** list (see [Area Management][1]).

   * Select the Satellite that owns the satellite employees from the **Company** list.

   * Select database type: Built-in or ODBC.

5. Click **Save** to start generating the satellite. A message box displays the progress of the task.

   Depending on how large the selected database is, this process can take anything from about a minute to several hours.

6. When the satellite is regenerated, a message is displayed indicating that the generation was successful. Click **OK**.

[1]: ../area-management/index


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- [NSSatellite](/en/automation/crmscript/reference/CRMScript.NetServer.NSSatellite.md)
- [Satellite](/en/onsite/travel/satellite/index.md)
- [satellites](/en/api/mdo-providers/reference/satellites.md)
- [Troubleshooting problems with satellite management](/en/onsite/travel/satellite/troubleshooting.md)
- [Upgrade CRM Server to version 8](/en/onsite/upgrade/75-to-8/crm-server.md)
- [satellite table](/en/database/tables/satellite.md)