# Epona Site Provisioning — technical reference
This documentation targets technical consultants and implementation partners responsible for configuring and deploying the Epona provisioning service.
# Sections
- Architecture & Technical Specification — system overview, deployment model, capabilities, and integration architecture
- API Permissions (Registered Application) — Azure AD app registration permissions required for app-only authentication features
- Installation — requirements, installation steps, and update procedure
- Configurator — desktop tool for creating and editing configuration files
- Configuration — provisioning configuration reference (site collections, sites, permissions)
- File handlers — Excel-based batch operations
- Plugins — optional integration DLLs deployed per customer
- Jobs — background jobs and scheduling
- Migration — document migration from legacy systems to SharePoint
# Licensing
The service checks its license nightly (and shortly after startup) and stops monitoring the watch folder for a configuration if its license is found to be invalid or expired.