The QAnywhere standalone client provides a compact client that enables you to set up a messaging system without worrying about running the QAnywhere Agent or administering your database. The standalone client incorporates both client store administration and QAnywhere Agent functionality into the same process that accesses the client API, so you are no longer required to create or maintain the client message stores and do not need to run the QAnywhere Agent as a separate process.

The following diagram shows the standalone client architecture and the existing QAnywhere architecture: