OpenEdge Explorer and OpenEdge Management are part of the OpenEdge Unified Broker administration framework. The framework provides a standard method for managing the OpenEdge resources installed on different operating systems such as Windows and UNIX.

Specifically, the OpenEdge Unified Broker administration framework enables you to use OpenEdge Explorer or OpenEdge Management to manage the following OpenEdge resources remotely:

  • Classic OpenEdge Application Server
  • Progress Application Server for OpenEdge (PAS for OpenEdge)
  • AppServer Internet Adapter
  • OpenEdge RDBMS databases (Personal, Workgroup, and Enterprise)
  • OpenEdge Replication (Basic and Plus)
  • DataServers (ODBC, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server)
  • NameServer
  • SonicMQ Adapter
  • OpenEdge Web Server
  • WebSpeed
  • Web Services Adapter

The controlling component of the OpenEdge Unified Broker administration framework is the AdminServer.