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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.

**Maintenance and Backup of your Federated Core**

You don't need to worry about a thing. Your Federated Core is automatically backed up and maintained/updated without your having to do anything. We don't have access to your data, that is all end-to-end encrypted. But you do care for and manage your system so that you can go about doing your business.

Your backup is stored on B2 cloud storage at [Backblaze](https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html). In a future version of Federated Core, we will allow you to backup to another provider or mount point.

**What if More Storage is Needed?**

Your Federated Core is monitored for storage requirements. If you need more storage, we will reach out to you with inexpensive options for increasing your storage capacity.

## 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.