The remote websites function enables to you to retrieve information between the various EPiServer websites. This is used for load balanced websites and content mirroring, amongst other things. To be able to take information from one website to another, is a function that is often requested by customers with several websites on EPiServer CMS on several different machines, such as a public website and an intranet. Editors need only create information in one place, but it can be displayed in all.
With the Remote Websites function, you create the connections to the websites that you want to be able to send information to and receive information from. In Admin mode it is possible to set the function completely. A number of changes in web.config are also required. Which changes are required depends on which functions you are going to use it for.