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ActiveNav Discovery Center
What ActiveNav Discovery Center is
ActiveNav Discovery Center manages the indexing and analysis of files held in source repositories. It provides reports and actions based on the resulting index, helping organisations discover and classify unstructured data. Discovery Center Workbench is used to design, build and test classifications before deploying them to Discovery Center; classification automation is rule based.
The product is a web application delivered through Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and its listed platforms are web and Windows. Installation configurations can be local, remote or fully distributed, using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services. Capacity planning is based on Files Under Management, with the installation guide suggesting roughly one million files per terabyte of content. Repository sources include file shares, Exchange, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, OpenText Content Server and Azure Files. Connector documentation covers cloud and specified on-premises options for Jira and Confluence, which require an account with access to the relevant repositories and content. The SharePoint connector supports SharePoint 2013–2019 and SharePoint Online. ActiveNav provides training and product documentation, licensing information, downloads and a knowledge base through its Help Center. The company says it serves law firms, legal teams and other organisations, and maintains an information security management system based on ISO 27001 requirements with annual external audits.
Who it suits
Discovery Center suits organisations that need to index and analyze files across repositories, including law firms and legal teams. It may fit teams that want to build rule-based classifications and use local, remote or distributed installation configurations.
What it does well
- Indexes and analyzes files from multiple repository types.
- Workbench lets teams design, build and test classifications.
- Supports file shares, Exchange, SharePoint, Jira and Confluence.
- Offers local, remote and fully distributed configurations.
- Help Center includes training, documentation and a knowledge base.
What to know first
- Pricing is available on request.
- The listed delivery depends on IIS, SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services.
- The OpenText Content Server connector requires a license.
Getting started
- Visit the Discovery Center website.
- Contact ActiveNav to request pricing and licensing information.
- Choose a local, remote or fully distributed installation configuration.
- Prepare Microsoft IIS, SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services for the installation.
- Select repository connectors and provide access accounts where required.
- Use Discovery Center Workbench to design, build and test classifications.
Verdict
Choose Discovery Center if you need to index repository files, produce reports and apply custom, rule-based classifications. Its installation options and repository connectors support different environments. Consider another option if you need a stated price or a deployment outside the listed web and Windows platforms.
Questions
How much does Discovery Center cost?
Pricing is available on request.
Which platforms does it support?
The listed platforms are web and Windows. It is delivered as a web application through Microsoft IIS.
Which repositories can it work with?
Listed data sources include file shares, Exchange, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, OpenText Content Server and Azure Files.
Can teams create their own classifications?
Yes. Discovery Center Workbench is used to design, build and test classifications for deployment, and classification automation is rule based.
Does the OpenText Content Server connector need a license?
Yes. That connector requires a license, and users are directed to ActiveNav support for an updated license.
What does the installation require?
The described configurations use Microsoft IIS, SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services. They can be local, remote or fully distributed.
Facts from ActiveNav Discovery Center's own pages
- Atlassian access requirement
- Connecting to Jira or Confluence requires an account with unrestricted access to issues or pages and associated attachments. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Atlassian integrations
- Its Jira connector supports cloud instances and on-premises Jira Core REST API version 7.6.1 and later; its Confluence connector supports cloud and on-premises version 6.12.1 and later. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Classification
- It supports predefined and custom classification schemas for unstructured data. · nccoe.nist.gov, 9 Oct 2026
- Company presence
- ActiveNav's Data Security in ActiveNav Cloud document lists offices in Reston, Virginia; Winchester, UK; and Melbourne, Australia. · activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Company security
- ActiveNav says its information security management system is designed around ISO 27001 requirements and is audited annually by an external body. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Discovery Center can use local, remote, or fully distributed SQL Server configurations. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Download
- The guide says the Discovery Center 4.19.0 installer is available from the ActiveNav support site after signing in. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2002 · activenav.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Reston, Virginia, USA · activenav.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Infrastructure
- The installation guide describes local, remote, and fully distributed configurations using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Jira and Confluence
- The Jira and Confluence connectors support cloud instances and specified on-premises versions, and require an account with access to the repositories and their content. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- License limits
- VUM limits are assigned to named Discovery Center host servers, and technical scale limits can supersede licensed VUM limits. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- Standard licensing is based on Volume Under Management (VUM), an instantaneous measure of the total volume of discovered files. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- OpenText integration
- The OpenText Content Server connector requires a license and an account with administrative permissions in the target system. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- OpenText licensing
- The OpenText Content Server connector requires a license, and users are directed to contact ActiveNav support for an updated license. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Discovery Center is an on-premises product for discovering and analyzing unstructured data. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Repository connectors
- ActiveNav documentation covers connectors for repositories including SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Jira, Confluence, and OpenText Content Server. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- ActiveNav says it maintains an Information Security Management System based on ISO 27001 requirements and that an external body audits compliance annually. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- ActiveNav Cloud documentation describes Azure-based authentication, key storage, encryption of persisted data, and TLS 1.2 or higher for data in transit. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Security scope
- ActiveNav's security overview describes ActiveNav Cloud: its collectors send collected object data to the cloud platform for analysis and presentation. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- SharePoint
- The updated SharePoint connector supports SharePoint 2013–2019 and SharePoint Online; the documentation says it improves scan performance and protection against SharePoint Online throttling. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- SharePoint integration
- The updated SharePoint connector supports SharePoint 2013–2019 and SharePoint Online. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Sizing
- Capacity planning is based on Files Under Management, and the guide suggests estimating roughly one million files per terabyte of content. · support.activenav.com, 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The ActiveNav support site provides a Discovery Center Help Center with product documentation, licensing information, downloads, and knowledge-base articles. · support.activenav.com, 9 Oct 2026