Basics: What the plugin does in the whole system
Mingcedar Studio is the authoring side. It creates screens and exports runtime assets; Mingcedar runs them.
Position in the architecture
Mingcedar Studio creates and exports screens, and Mingcedar hosts runtime configuration, permissions, licensing, menus, alarms, trends, and scripts. Mingcedar Scan is a separate tool for projects that need TIA / PLC DB point preparation.
What belongs in PowerPoint
Layout, components, text, colors, animations, popup behavior, navigation behavior, and template parameters belong in the PowerPoint authoring workflow.
What belongs in Mingcedar
Devices, tags, users, permissions, menus, published screen files, license state, alarm history, trend history, APIs, and scripts belong in Mingcedar.