Purpose and target audience

The purpose of this white paper is to give a general overview of Milestone Federated Architecture, the technology behind it, its implementation, its benefits, and the problems it solves.

This white paper should enable the reader to understand the architecture and technology behind Milestone Federated Architecture, as well as how to design and implement a large-scale multisite XProtect VMS system by utilizing Milestone Federated Architecture.

It is assumed that the reader has a general understanding of the XProtect VMS products, the XProtect Management Client and the XProtect Smart Client, as well as a general understanding of network infrastructure and Microsoft Active Directory.

The primary audience for this white paper is individuals or organizations that wish to deploy multiple independent XProtect VMS installations (sites) and at the same time be able to view all the XProtect VMS sites and their devices as one large VMS system with seamless access to configuration and live and recorded media across all sites. The target group might include (but is not limited to) the following audiences: 

• Surveillance system architects/designers

• Large-scale surveillance project consultants

• Companies, organizations, universities, etc. with large-scale surveillance projects/installations