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  Learn about Federated Core and all its potential for you and your team.
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This documentation is for users and administrators, not those wanting to install.
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Federated Core is like a Linux distribution in the cloud. It includes a number of leading open-source projects fully integrated so that users don't have to be systems administrators.

## What is included in this documentation?

We have tried to cover the high-level basics of what you will need to know to get the most out of your Federated Core. That includes: 

* **Getting Started**: This is the place to go if you're short on time. We run you through the very bare minimum of what your need to know to use your Federated Core.

* **Core Applications**: Want to learn more and in-depth about each of the user-facing applications that are part of Federated Core? These pages detail application-by-application what is available and the capabilities of each.

* **Client Applications**: You can connect and your your Federated Core with applications native to your PC, Macintosh or mobile phone of whatever variety. This is a list of some of those applications and how to connect them.

## Where should I go next?

Give your users next steps from the Overview. For example:

* [Getting Started](/docs/getting-started/): Read this if you're short for time.
* [Core Applications](/docs/core_applications/): Learn about all the user-facing parts of the Federated Core.
* [Client Applications](/docs/client_applications/): Connect your computers and phones to Federated Core.