Understanding the EDM Server service

The main process of TeamWork is the EDM Server service. It appears as AutoManager EDM Server in the Services applet of Control Panel. This service is responsible for all communication between the different clients with the available databases. All document management logic (including security) is built into this service, so any access to a vault will always have to go through the EDM Server service.

The vault database format is named Hypertrieve. This is a low-overhead, object-oriented database that is optimized for TeamWork. This database engine runs in the same process as the EDM Server service and therefore the engine cannot run on a separate server.