> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://syteca.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# SaaS Quick Start

> Provision a Syteca SaaS tenant, install a client, and review your first recorded session — in about 20 minutes.

This quick start gets you from "we just signed up" to "we have a recorded session to look at" in roughly 20 minutes. Use it to evaluate Syteca, prove the concept to a stakeholder, or onboard a new admin.

## Before you start

* A Syteca SaaS tenant URL and an admin login. If you don't have one, [request a trial](https://syteca.com/demo).
* One Windows endpoint you can install software on. A spare laptop or VM is fine.
* 20 minutes of uninterrupted time.

## 1. Sign in to your tenant

Open your tenant URL in a current Chromium or Firefox browser. Sign in with the credentials from your welcome email.

<Tip>
  Bookmark the tenant URL you received in your welcome email.There's no shared production login for SaaS.
</Tip>

## 2. Add your first user

Skip this if you'll be the only person testing.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Users → Add user">
    From the left nav, choose **Users**, then **Add user** in the top right.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill in name, email, and role">
    For evaluation, assign the **Supervisor** role. It can view sessions but not change configuration — safer than the deafult full admin.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 3. Get the client installer

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Endpoints → Add client">
    Choose **Clients** in the left nav, then **Add client**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the Windows installer">
    Choose **Windows (x64)** and click **Download**. The file is `SytecaClient-x64.msi`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the agent key">
    The same page shows an **Agent key**. Copy it — you'll need it during install.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 4. Install on your endpoint

For evaluation, the GUI installer is fastest.

```text theme={"system"}
Right-click SytecaClient-x64.msi → Run as administrator
```

When prompted:

* **Server address:** your tenant URL without the `https://` prefix.
* **Server port:** `9447`.
* **Agent key:** paste the value from step 3.

The installer registers automatically. For silent installs and Group Policy rollout, see [Install a Windows Client](/docs/administration/clients/install-windows).

## 5. Watch it appear

Back in the Management Tool, open **Clients**. Within 30 seconds the new endpoint shows up with **Status: Online**.

<Frame caption="The Clients page after a successful registration.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/syteca/0FlD-vkHsBA1azVX/images/SaaS_Client_status_online.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=0FlD-vkHsBA1azVX&q=85&s=94648eb38229d7fdbd5b68ec683dafb8" alt="A newly registered client showing Online status" width="768" height="330" data-path="images/SaaS_Client_status_online.png" />
</Frame>

## 6. Generate a session

On the endpoint, sign in as any user and do something interactive — open a browser, edit a file, run a command. After about a minute, the Application Server has the first session.

## 7. Review the session

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Sessions">
    Back in the Management Tool, choose **Sessions** in the left nav.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the most recent row">
    The newest session is at the top. Click the row to open the Session Player.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Scrub through the recording">
    Use the timeline to scrub. The right-side panel shows keystrokes, application names, and window titles, all searchable.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next steps

You have a working tenant with one recorded endpoint. Common next steps:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Set up your first alert" icon="bell-ring" href="/docs/session-monitoring/alerts">
    Detect risky behavior and respond automatically.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect a privileged account" icon="lock" href="/docs/pam/overview">
    Vault a secret and broker a brokered RDP/SSH session.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enable 2FA for admins" icon="user-check" href="/docs/administration/access/two-factor-authentication">
    Add a second factor to every administrator account.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Roll out to more endpoints" icon="users" href="/docs/administration/clients/install-windows">
    Silent MSI install and Group Policy deployment.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>