Editor do all features in the mxd have to be in SDE database

[ShawnKraft]

Is it okay to have some layers in shapefile and the ones I want to be edited in SDE?  I mean, will it work if set up that way?

[BjornSvensson]

The Editor works with layers from a Feature Service.  The Feature Service requires SDE.  So, "no", you can't edit shapefiles using the Editor.

[ShawnKraft]

In my mxd I have several layers that are shapefiles and one that is an SDE feature dataset.  The problem I am having is I have everything set up but when I go to ArcGIS Server Manager to enable the feature access for my service, it won't start it because it says 30 layers are non-SDE.

[ShawnKraft]

Okay well then what are the prerequisites for setting up the Editor?