The peer network is a powerful tool for distributing trading capability, enabling disaster recovery, and providing a staging platform for growing communities or application upgrades. The peer network is a management layer on top of the usual e-commerce trading relationships between parties, represented in Interchange by communities and partners.
You can use the peer network if your software license enables this functionality.
This icon on the user interface toolbar indicates that your user license supports the features:
Additionally, to check all license-enabled features, you can select Help > License information on the toolbar in the user interface.