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docs/docs-content/getting-started/additional-capabilities.md

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+---
+sidebar_label: "Palette Additional Capabilities"
+title: "Palette Additional Capabilities"
+description: "Learn more about Palette's Additional Capabilities."
+icon: ""
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+sidebar_position: 80
+tags: ["getting-started"]
+---
+
+Palette offers a range of additional capabilities designed to enable its users to deploy, scale, and effectively manage
+Kubernetes workloads across a wide variety of environments and deployment options. These environments include different
+public cloud providers, data centers like [VMware vSphere](https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere.html), bare metal
+with [Canonical MAAS](https://maas.io), and edge.
+
+Whether managing thousands of clusters in remote locations with [Edge](./additional-capabilities.md#edge), enforcing
+FIPS compliance with [VerteX](./additional-capabilities.md#palette-vertex), maximizing management control with
+[self-hosted Palette](./additional-capabilities.md#self-hosted-palette), or integrating virtual machine workloads into
+Kubernetes environments with [Virtual Machine Orchestrator](./additional-capabilities.md#virtual-machine-orchestrator),
+Palette provides comprehensive solutions to meet different business needs. Learn more about each capability below.
+
+![A drawing of Palette with humans interacting](/getting-started/getting-started_additional-capabilities_palette.png)
+
+## Edge
+
+Palette Edge enables you to deploy Kubernetes workloads in remote locations without having to provision high-bandwidth
+connectivity from these sites back to the cloud. This means you can deploy Kubernetes clusters at scale to a wide range
+of locations, including retail stores, hospitals, restaurants, cruise ships, manufacturing facilities, oil and gas
+sites, and rural areas.
+
+Palette Edge supports both VM and container-based workloads, multiple Kubernetes distributions, and Intel and ARM
+hardware architectures. It is built on top of the open-source project [Kairos](https://kairos.io/), which enables the
+creation and customization of immutable versions of operating systems. Additionally, Palette Edge is designed to scale
+to tens of thousands of locations while enforcing policies locally within each cluster.
+
+Edge clusters are Kubernetes clusters set up on Edge hosts. These hosts can be bare metal or virtual machines located in
+isolated locations. Palette deploys and manages workload clusters at the Edge, and the services continue operating even
+when the connection to the management plane is lost. You can manage Edge clusters locally on-site through the local UI,
+or centrally through the Palette management plane. Palette Edge is able to meet your needs, regardless of the network
+topology your deployments face. Check out the [Palette Edge](../clusters/edge/edge.md) page to learn more about Edge and
+its features.
+
+## Self-Hosted Palette
+
+Palette is available as a fully self-hosted platform offering that you can leverage to manage all your Kubernetes
+clusters. You can install an instance of the Palette management plane in your data center or public cloud provider using
+different hosting models.
+
+This option allows you to meet compliance and legal requirements once you have full control over your workloads,
+determine who has access to them, and ensure that no sensitive data is exposed. You can also upgrade the platform at
+your own pace and configure system settings through the
+[System Console](../enterprise-version/system-management/system-management.md#system-console). Additionally, self-hosted
+Palette enables deployments in air-gapped environments where access to the public cloud is not possible. Explore more on
+the [Self-Hosted Palette](../enterprise-version/enterprise-version.md) page.
+
+## Palette VerteX
+
+Palette VerteX offers a simple, flexible, and secure way for government and regulated industries to deploy and manage
+Kubernetes workloads containing sensitive and classified information. It is available as a self-hosted platform offering
+that you can install in your data center or public cloud provider.
+
+Palette VerteX is fully proven in operational environments as it has a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9 designation,
+making it suitable for use in high-security production environments up to Impact Levels (IL) 5, 6, and 6+. It enables
+you to deploy and manage the life cycle of multiple Kubernetes clusters in various environments. These include
+virtualized and bare metal data centers (such as [VMware vSphere](https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere.html) and
+[Nutanix](https://www.nutanix.com/)), clouds (including [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/) and
+[Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/explore/global-infrastructure/government) government clouds), and edge
+locations (including air-gapped setups), which makes VerteX also appropriate for addressing challenges like intermittent
+connectivity or low bandwidth.
+
+Additionally, VerteX incorporates validated Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic modules
+into its management plane and the Kubernetes clusters it deploys. It secures data in motion through encrypted Transport
+Layer Security (TLS) communication channels, includes a suite of scanning tools, and offers CONUS support from a
+dedicated public sector team. These capabilities ensure robust data protection for your organization’s infrastructure
+and applications. To learn more, check out the [Palette VerteX](../vertex/vertex.md) documentation.
+
+## Virtual Machine Orchestrator
+
+Palette Virtual Machine Orchestrator (VMO) allows you to deploy and manage traditional VM workloads within a modern
+Kubernetes environment, side by side with your containerized applications. With VMO, you can deploy, manage, and scale
+VMs within the same cluster that hosts your containerized applications. VMs are managed as Kubernetes pods, ensuring
+complete mapping between the VM and Kubernetes concepts.
+
+Palette VMO simplifies infrastructure management and eliminates the need for a hypervisor by leveraging
+[Canonical MAAS](https://maas.io). It works in self-hosted, airgapped, and in our SaaS environments. Learn more on the
+[Virtual Machine Orchestrator](../vm-management/vm-management.md) page.

docs/docs-content/getting-started/getting-started.md

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 - [Deploy Cluster Profile Updates](./update-k8s-cluster.md)
 
 - [Deploy a Cluster with Terraform](./terraform.md)
+
+- [Palette Additional Capabilities](./additional-capabilities.md)