Introduction
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Zoho Corp is a software company that provides a wide range of cloud-based software solutions known for its user-friendly interfaces and its focus on providing affordable software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Coastlands Church has a 20 user subscription to Zoho Vault.

In order to use the Coastlands Zoho Vault tool one must request (or have already received) it from ted@coastlands.org. The email will come directly from Zoho and look like the graphic below:


.. image:: invitation.png

Just respond by clicking *View Invitation* in the email. Then create a Zoho account (if you don't have on already) or authenticate using a third party identifier like Google, Microsoft or Apple. A list of supported identity providers can be seen by the icons in the graphic below:

.. image:: 3rdPartyIdentities.png

*Important: Don't forget the initial method you choose to access Zoho vault, as that will have to be used going forward. If you login with a different method you will not have access to your Coastlands version of Vault.*

After your initial authentication into Zoho you can proceed with adding Zoho Vault to your web browser: