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9. Using External Data in User Profiles > Introducing User Profile Service Appl...
Introducing User Profile Service Applications
Service applications are new to SharePoint 2010 and provide a way of sharing services across web applications or farms. Each service application can provide a set of services to SharePoint packaged as a service application. This model allows for an improved SharePoint architecture, as services can be configured to run on the appropriate server within the farm.
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See Also Service applications are discussed in Chapter 3.
A service application can be configured to run on the most appropriate server within the farm. A processor-intensive service, such as Search, for example, may be configured to run on its own server within a large organization. The Business Data Connectivity Service and the User Profile Service can also be configured to be shared across farms.
