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OpenText™ StarTeam is a software change and configuration management solution designed to meet the needs of local and distributed teams regardless of size and work style.

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StarTeam overview

StarTeam Server is a tool that supports distributed development teams and mobile team members. Team members can work whenever and wherever they like and benefit from integrated change management, defect tracking, file versioning, requirements management, and project and task management capabilities for flexible project control. StarTeam is a robust platform for coordinating and managing the entire software project throughout the software development life-cycle. It supports data in all languages that can be encoded in UTF-8.

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First steps

	Before you begin Familiarize yourself with the clients that you can use to access StarTeam data. For details, see Cross-Platform Client and Web Client.
	Begin When you're ready to begin, log in to StarTeam and use MyWork Web Dashboard to start creating new Change Requests. For details, see MyWork Web Dashboard.

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Set up

	Products and licenses Learn about the products that are included with various license types. For details, see Licenses.
	Initial setup Before users can work with StarTeam, the admin needs to perform initial setup tasks. For details, see Admin.

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