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title: "DocuWare Server Manager"
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# DocuWare Server Manager

For on-premises installations, DocuWare introduces the Server Manager as a centralized system management application. It serves as a successor for the on-premises related parts of the DocuWare Administration and for the DocuWare Service Control, but also offers the following additional functionalities:

New functionalities

- Manage DocuWare app pools
- Test a database connection before saving it
- Change a web connection in a single step

Benefits

- Easier administration of DocuWare on-premises systems

Here's how

DocuWare Server Manager is installed and runs on all DocuWare servers.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/0108e24e-b3e8-446c-b670-66b1d2a9e861/Images/Documentation/Server%20Manager%20EN(1).png)

*The new system management application with its modern and intuitive**user interface*

To use the DocuWare Server Manager, you need

- direct access or an RDP connection to the server
- to be an administrator on the Windows server
- to be a DocuWare system administrator