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  Consul Enterprise features a number of capabilities beyond the open source offering that may be beneficial in certain workflows.
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# Consul Enterprise

Consul Enterprise simplifies operations by automating workflows. It adds support
for microservices deployments across complex network topologies. It also
increases both scalability and resilience. Features include:

- [Automated Backups](/docs/enterprise/backups/index.html)
- [Automated Upgrades](/docs/enterprise/upgrades/index.html)
- [Enhanced Read Scalability](/docs/enterprise/read-scale/index.html)
- [Redundancy Zones](/docs/enterprise/redundancy/index.html)
- [Advanced Federation for Complex Network
  Topologies](/docs/enterprise/federation/index.html)
- [Network Segments](/docs/guides/segments.html)

These features are part of [Consul
Enterprise](https://www.hashicorp.com/consul.html).