Once you know the number of clients and the number of
servers you need to install, find out where to install your Trend Micro Apex Central servers. Decide
if you need to install all your servers in the central office or
if you need to install some of them in remote offices.
Place the servers strategically in certain segments of your environment to speed up
communication and optimize managed product, endpoint, and server management:
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Central office: A central office is the facility where the majority of the managed products, endpoints, and servers in the organization are located. The central office is sometimes referred to as headquarters, corporate office, or corporate headquarters. A central office can have other smaller offices or branches (referred to as "remote offices" in this guide) in other locations.
Tip
Trend Micro recommends installing a server in the central office. -
Remote office: A remote office is defined as any small professional office that is part of a larger organization and has a WAN connection to the central office. If you have managed products, endpoints, and servers in a remote office that report to the server in the central office, they may encounter difficulties connecting to the server. Bandwidth limitations may prevent proper communication to and from the Trend Micro Apex Central server.The network bandwidth between your central office and remote office may be sufficient for routine client-server communication, such as notifications for updated configuration settings and status reporting, but insufficient for deployment and other tasks.