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# Definite Article

The definite article is used before a singular or plural noun when the noun is specific. The definite article can also be used with uncountable nouns.

Use **the** in the following cases:

- With something already mentioned.
- When you define a specific object. 
- With ordinal numbers and superlatives.
- For nouns with qualification.

## Examples

1. To be able to orchestrate a standalone Veeam backup server, you must deploy an Orchestrator agent on [the]{.mdhl-correct} server. [The]{.mdhl-correct} Orchestrator agent will trigger orchestration commands on that server. *[already mentioned]* 
2. To enhance synthetic operations on Microsoft Windows and shared folder backup repositories, Veeam Backup & Replication uses [the]{.mdhl-correct} Fast Clone technology. *[specific technology]* 
3. If you have added 10 VMs to the failover plan, Veeam Backup & Replication will undo failover for the first 5 VMs in the list. *[ordinal numbers]* 
4. This storage optimization option will provide [the lowest]{.mdhl-correct} deduplication ratio and [the largest]{.mdhl-correct} backup file size. *[superlatives]* 
5. To track [the]{.mdhl-correct} efficiency of data protection, you can create the following reports. *[qualification]*