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Getting Started with Symphony Team Design October 2019 17 Product Version 17.4-2019 Getting Started with Symphony Team Design Modes of Operation Symphony server application can operate in following modes: Network Server-Side Team Design Mode Design lead starts the server application from a network server machine and all the users join and communicate with network server machine. Server manager is available to manage server applications on a network server machine. Note: For more information, see Network Server-Side Team Design Mode on page 17. Informal First-Client Driven Team Design Mode Design owner starts the standalone Symphony server application from within a layout editor to share the open database from the local system of the database owner. Once started the owner's session automatically connects to the Symphony server application. All others join and communicate with owner's machine. Note: For more information, see Informal First-Client Driven Team Design Mode on page 35. In both the modes, the master database is controlled by the server and the owner is responsible to open and save the database through the remote controls available in their layout editor session or from the Symphony server user interface. Note: Auto-save can be configured through the Symphony server but is not required on the client-side to save the database, as all changes are integrated into the master database. Network Server-Side Team Design Mode A separate Symphony server application (muserver.exe) is used to open a database so that multiple clients can connect to the common database and perform design activities in a