Working with Talend Remote Engines
Remote Engines allow you to run tasks that use on-premises applications and databases.
Outbound communication between Talend Management Console and Remote Engines is fully secured as data is not staged.
Local to cloud / cloud to local data transfer
![Diagram of data transfer from local to cloud and cloud to local.](/talend/en-US/remote-engine-user-guide-windows/Cloud/Content/Resources/images/cloud-archi_re_local_to_cloud.png)
Local to local data transfer
![Diagram of data transfer from local to local.](/talend/en-US/remote-engine-user-guide-windows/Cloud/Content/Resources/images/cloud-archi_re_local_to_local.png)
Customer cloud to SaaS cloud data transfer
![Diagram of data transfer from customer cloud to SaaS.](/talend/en-US/remote-engine-user-guide-windows/Cloud/Content/Resources/images/cloud-archi_re_customer_cloud_to_saas_cloud.png)
Installation
You can download the Talend Remote Engine from the Talend Cloud portal with an installer exe file or in a zip archive.
For installation instructions, see Installing Remote Engine.
You can access the supported versions of Talend Remote Engine through the Product Terms.