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Deployment Modes for Partner Applications

There are two relevant Siebel partner applications:

• Siebel Partner Manager. An employee application that is used by channel and alliance professionals to administer and manage their partner base. Because Siebel Partner Manager is meant only for employees, it supports only high-interactivity mode.
• Siebel Partner Portal. An application for partner users. It supports both standard-interactivity mode and high-interactivity mode. Oracle strongly recommends that you run Siebel Partner Portal in standard-interactivity mode, because it supports the broadest set of browsers and client operating systems, thereby allowing your entire partner base to access the portal.

However, if a customer has a dedicated (exclusive) partner network, and if a customer can require that their partners use more stringent high-interactivity mode requirements (specific browsers, operating systems, and Java runtime environment), then deploying Siebel Partner Portal in high-interactivity mode may be a viable option. There are exceptions to Siebel Partner Portal's support of both standard-interactivity mode and high-interactivity mode for some Siebel Business Applications, as shown in Table 4.