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Setting up your organization

Welcome to Zulip! This page will guide you through trying out Zulip, migrating your organization from other team chat tools (if needed), getting everything set up, and inviting others to join.

If you are joining an existing organization, we recommend checking out our guide to Getting started with Zulip.

If you encounter any problems as you're getting started, please drop by our friendly development community and let us know!

Trying out Zulip

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Choosing between Zulip Cloud and self-hosting

{!cloud-vs-self-hosting-intro.md!}

Advantages of Zulip Cloud

{!advantages-of-zulip-cloud.md!}

Advantages of self-hosting Zulip

{!advantages-of-self-hosting-zulip.md!}

Migrating from other chat tools

{!migrating-from-other-chat-tools.md!}

Create your organization profile

{!organization-profile-intro.md!}

Edit organization profile

{!edit-organization-profile.md!}

{!add-a-wide-logo.md!}

Customize organization settings

{!customize-organization-settings.md!}

Create streams

{!create-streams-intro.md!}

How to create a stream

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  1. Click Create stream on the right.

  2. Fill out the requested info, and click Create.

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For more details about stream settings, see Create a stream.

Tips for creating streams

{!tips-for-creating-streams.md!}

Customize settings for new users

{!customize-settings-for-new-users.md!}

Invite users to join

!!! tip "" Before inviting users, you may want to delete any test messages or topics.

How to invite users to join

{!how-to-invite-users-to-join.md!}

To get everyone off to a good start, you may wish to share the guide to Getting started with Zulip.

!!! tip "" You can link to your Zulip organization with a nice badge.

Create user groups

User groups allow you to mention multiple users at once, notifying them about a message. For example, you may choose to create user groups for teams in your organization.

How to create a user group

{!how-to-create-a-user-group.md!}

Set up integrations

{!set-up-integrations.md!}

Further reading