> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://devdocs.xbox.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# PlayFab Live service management documentation

> Manage live PlayFab games with title data and configuration, player segmentation for targeting and A/B testing, and title-wide communication tools.

Manage and optimize your game with Game Manager, title data, player segmentation, A/B experiments, title-wide communication, and serverless automation.

## Game Manager

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  <Card title="Game Manager overview" icon="gauge-high" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/gamemanager/index">
    The PlayFab developer portal for configuring and operating your title.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Game Manager quickstart" icon="bolt" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/gamemanager/quickstart">
    Sign in, create a title, and take your first actions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API feature settings" icon="toggle-on" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/gamemanager/api-feature-settings-in-the-playfab-game-manager">
    Turn PlayFab features on or off for your title.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API access policy" icon="shield-halved" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/gamemanager/api-access-page-doc">
    Control which PlayFab APIs your title can call.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Audit logs" icon="clipboard-list" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/gamemanager/audit-logs">
    Review who changed what and when.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secret key management" icon="key" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/gamemanager/secret-key-management">
    Rotate and manage title secret keys.
  </Card>
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## Entity programming model

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  <Card title="Overview" icon="diagram-project" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/entities/index">
    The entity model that unifies players, groups, titles, and more.
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  <Card title="Entities quickstart" icon="bolt" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/entities/quickstart">
    Read and write entity data end-to-end.
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## Title data and configuration

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  <Card title="Title data" icon="database" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/titledata/index">
    Store title-wide configuration that clients and servers can read.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Title communications" icon="bullhorn" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/title-communications/overview">
    Reach players with news, push notifications, and messages.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Push notifications quickstart" icon="bell" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/title-communications/push-notifications/quickstart">
    Set up mobile push notifications end-to-end.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API throttling" icon="gauge" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/service-gateway/throttling/what-is-throttling">
    Understand PlayFab's per-API, per-player rate limits.
  </Card>
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## Segmentation and experimentation

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  <Card title="Player segments" icon="users-viewfinder" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/segmentation/segmentation-overview">
    Bucket players into segments for targeting and analysis.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Segmentation quickstart" icon="bolt" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/segmentation/segmentation-quickstart">
    Create your first segment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Live experiments" icon="flask" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/experiments/index">
    Run A/B tests on real players.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Experimentation quickstart" icon="bolt" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/experiments/quickstart">
    Ship your first experiment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bulk actions on a segment" icon="layer-group" href="/services/playfab/data-analytics/acting-data/action-rules-bulk-actions-for-an-entire-player-segment">
    Run an action across every player in a segment.
  </Card>
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## Automation

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  <Card title="CloudScript with Azure Functions" icon="function" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/service-gateway/automation/cloudscript-af/index">
    Author server-authoritative logic in Azure Functions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="CloudScript (classic)" icon="code" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/service-gateway/automation/cloudscript/index">
    Lightweight JavaScript hosted by PlayFab.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Actions and rules" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/services/playfab/data-analytics/acting-data/action-rules-overview">
    React to PlayStream events with configurable actions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PlayStream events" icon="stream" href="/services/playfab/data-analytics/ingest-data/playstream-overview">
    The real-time event stream produced by PlayFab.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Writing custom CloudScript" icon="pen-to-square" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/service-gateway/automation/cloudscript/writing-custom-cloudscript">
    Patterns for authoring maintainable CloudScript.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Handling errors in CloudScript" icon="triangle-exclamation" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/service-gateway/automation/cloudscript/handling-errors-in-cloudscript">
    Reliable error handling patterns.
  </Card>

  <Card title="CloudScript context models" icon="cube" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/service-gateway/automation/cloudscript-af/CloudScript-af-context">
    Access the calling player, event, and function context.
  </Card>

  <Card title="CloudScript actions with PlayStream" icon="bolt-lightning" href="/services/playfab/data-analytics/acting-data/action-rules-using-cloudscript-actions-with-playstream">
    Trigger CloudScript from PlayStream rules.
  </Card>
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## Pricing

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  <Card title="Meters overview" icon="gauge" href="/services/playfab/pricing/meters/meters">
    How Live service management usage is metered.
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  <Card title="Experiments meters" icon="flask" href="/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/experiments/pricing">
    Pricing details specific to experiments.
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  <Card title="Consumption best practices" icon="chart-line" href="/services/playfab/pricing/consumption-best-practices">
    Reduce cost by optimizing usage patterns.
  </Card>
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## Related topics

- [PlayFab Identity documentation](/services/playfab/identity/index.md)
- [Live Service Management Overview](/services/playfab/live-service-management/overview.md)
- [XBOX Requirements](/services/playfab/multiplayer/networking/xbox-requirements.md)
- [XBOX Live helper library for PlayFab Party](/services/playfab/multiplayer/networking/party-xbox-live-guide.md)
- [PlayFab Multiplayer documentation](/services/playfab/multiplayer/index.md)