In order to configure the development environment, you need to first install Mail & Server in the test and in the production system, so that you have to instances of Mail & Deploy Server running. For each repository for which you want to use the publishing features, you need to create one copy in the test system and one copy in the production system by using the respective instances of Mail & Deploy Server Control Panel (see Control Panel). You do not necessarily need to create new repositories when setting up your development environment; existing repositories can be used as well.
You have to connect the repository of the test system with the repository of the production system by opening Mail & Deploy Client with the test repository and specifying the connection settings of the production repository (see Production Repository).