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title: Overview
slug: bhdm
createdAt: 2022-03-30T21:30:28.000Z
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Belden Horizon Data Manager is a centralized management platform for edge devices, data, and applications at the edge. As a single point of control for all Belden Horizon Data Operations instances (edge devices), Belden Horizon Data Manager handles large-scale deployments across multiple facilities. Belden Horizon Data Manager gives you control over edge devices, from bootstrap to replacement, with secure mass deployment, over-the-air updates, and automated actions.

Belden Horizon Data Manager offers an option to act as a central data repository. It is used to set up and manage all aspects of a Belden Horizon Data Operations environment.

You can access Belden Horizon Data Manager from a software-defined private network anywhere, using:

- Web User Interface
- REST APIs: to manipulate data programmatically

For more information on how Belden Horizon Data Manager can manage Belden Horizon Data Operations devices, start with [Belden Horizon Data Manager User UI](docId\:Oi1AHRIqvkya3lJ8fAw7B).

For more information on how to configure and manage the Belden Horizon Data Manager itself, start with [Belden Horizon Data Manager Admin Console](docId:00kDNuIZwGc8osC4Q_eoO). 

# Functionality

Belden Horizon Data Manager User UI and Belden Horizon Data Manager Admin Console:

- Connects to any number of edge devices to provide extensive management capabilities
- Offers edge device templates for fast and consistent deployment
- Manages Docker-containerized applications for edge devices
- Deploys applications across multiple edge devices
- Integrates edge devices with cloud or enterprise systems, including Big Data
- Stores data in all types of databases and cloud storage systems
- Manages dashboards to generate KPI reports and visualize real-time data across all edge devices

# Frequently Asked Questions

[Belden Horizon Data Manager FAQs](docId\:jJL3HkgaGPjcmNgT6b-fN)