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A Stratocast™ account is a collection of user-related and geographical information for a given company in a given location, and the arrangement with which that company can use the services offered by Stratocast™. There are two types of accounts: integrator accounts and client accounts.

Preface
Getting started
- What is Stratocast™?
  Stratocast™ is a cloud-based video monitoring system that makes the adoption of network video security solutions easy. With Stratocast™, you can connect to your business wherever you go. Using the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud-computing platform, Stratocast™ eliminates the need for on-site servers. As a result, installation time is reduced and you can begin monitoring your premises quickly.
- Stratocast™ accounts
  A Stratocast™ account is a collection of user-related and geographical information for a given company in a given location, and the arrangement with which that company can use the services offered by Stratocast™. There are two types of accounts: integrator accounts and client accounts.
  - About usernames
    A username is an access credential that is comprised of a valid email address from one of the supported identity providers. A username can be registered to multiple Stratocast™ accounts (multi-account username), and must be activated by the user only once before logging on to any of the accounts that the username is registered to.
  - Activating your Stratocast™ account
    To be able to use Stratocast™, you must activate your Stratocast™ account once you receive your activation email.
  - Logging on to the Stratocast™ integrator portal
    After you have activated your user account through the activation link, you can log on to your Stratocast™ portal to create and manage your clients and integrators.
  - Logging on using Organizational Account
    The first time you log on using an organizational account, you must perform an initial set up in Stratocast™.
  - Logging off from Stratocast™
    To exit from Stratocast™, you can log off and then choose to go back to the homepage or sign out of your user account.
- Firewall settings
  The ports must be open and redirected for firewall and network address translation purposes.
- Homepage overview
  The homepage is your starting point for all of your client and integrator needs. You can access the homepage from any page in Stratocast™.
- Changing your personal preferences
  To change the language of the user interface or enable camera-related notifications, you can change your personal preferences once your Stratocast™ account is active.
- Stratocast™ videos
  Use the Stratocast™ training videos to help you learn about key features and understand the product. You can access all the videos in one place, the Stratocast™ videos channel.
- About Stratocast™ mobile apps
  Stratocast™ mobile apps are the mobile version of Stratocast™ that you can use to connect to your system remotely over WiFi or cellular networks. With the Stratocast™ mobile apps, you can monitor your premises directly from your mobile devices.
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Glossary

Stratocast™ accounts

2020-07-23

A Stratocast™ account is a collection of user-related and geographical information for a given company in a given location, and the arrangement with which that company can use the services offered by Stratocast™. There are two types of accounts: integrator accounts and client accounts.

In Stratocast™, every user is registered to one or more Stratocast™ accounts. To create a Stratocast™ account, every user must have a unique username, which is comprised of a valid email address from one of the following identity providers:

Google
Microsoft (only Windows Live ID)
Yahoo!
Organizational Account: An organization account is a Microsoft work account and should not be selected if your organization uses another provider.

After the user has been created, Stratocast™ sends an activation email to the email address defined in the username. The user must activate the account for it to be valid in Stratocast™. Within Stratocast™, the access privileges and tasks that a user is allowed to perform is defined by their assigned user level. This does not apply to the Organizational Account option since the account is automatically activated and no activation email is sent.

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