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DOCSP-45736-add-self-managed-to-glossary (#182)
* init * first draft * edits * formatting fix * review feedback * wording * add on-prem clarification
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source/style-guide/includes/terms/o.rst

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on-premises
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**off-premises**
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Use these terms to distinguish local computing (in which
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resources are located on a customer’s own site) from remote
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:icon-fa4:`times-circle` Avoid using these terms to distinguish
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non-Atlas deployments. To distinguish non-Atlas deployments, use
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:term:`self-managed`.
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Use *on-premises* to distinguish local computing (in which
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resources are located on a customer's own site) from remote
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computing (in which resources are provided partially or totally
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through the cloud). Always hyphenate. *Premises* is plural;
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don't use *on-premise* or *off-premise*.
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through the cloud). Always hyphenate. *Premises* is plural; don't
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use *on-premise* or *off-premise*. For consistency, always use the
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complete *on-premises* term, and do not shorten to *on-prem*.
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MongoDB email hosting.
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- Over three million business email users rely on MongoDB
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email hosting.
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source/style-guide/includes/terms/s.rst

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Usually words with the prefix *self*, such as *self-service* and
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*self-explanatory*, are hyphenated.
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self-managed
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Use this term to describe deployments that are not hosted on
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MongoDB Atlas. Self-managed deployments include deployments that
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are hosted on-premises as well as non-Atlas environments like AWS.
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serious
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Use *serious* instead of the more negative terms *bad*,
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*catastrophic*, or *fatal*.

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