1 # Auth
2
3 Auth is the identity and account service. It handles signing users in and
4 managing their accounts, so you don't have to build that part yourself.
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6 ## What you can do
7
8 - Sign users in and let them create accounts
9 - Manage sessions and accounts
10 - Run hosted auth apps for your end-user accounts
11 - Manage collaborators and shared access where it applies
12
13 ## Two kinds of accounts
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15 Keep these separate as you read:
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17 - **Your smbCloud account** — how you sign in to the platform.
18 - **Auth app users** — the end users who sign in to *your* product through an
19 auth app you run on smbCloud.
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21 When a screen or guide talks about "users", check which of the two it means.
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23 ## Getting started
24
25 1. Create an auth app for your product.
26 2. Wire your app to its sign-in and account flows.
27 3. Manage users and access from the console.
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29 Building against Auth from code? The SDKs live in the
30 [Developer](/developer) section.