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MapForce Server is an enterprise software solution that runs data mapping transformations on Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. The data mappings themselves (or Mapping Design Files, .mfd) are visually designed with Altova MapForce, where you define the inputs, outputs, and any intermediate processing steps that must be applied to your data. The role of MapForce Server is to run MapForce Server Execution (.mfx) files compiled with MapForce, and to produce the output files or data, or even update databases or call Web services, according to the design of the underlying mapping.