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Academy & Exam OS Video Tutorial 02: First-Time Setup & Licence Activation

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Tutorial 02 of 13 in the Academy & Exam OS video series · 5:46 · recorded with Academy & Exam OS 1.0.2

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About this tutorial #

Finish the Academy & Exam OS installation: activate the Single Site or Multi Site software licence in the installer, sign in as the owner, review the Software license page, and work through the first-time setup — cron jobs, e-mail (SMTP), branding and legal pages.

What you will learn #

  • The Install step: installation phases, the Software license activation phase, and the automatic remaining phases
  • Installation successful: the locked installer, What was done, and the Before you go live checklist
  • Reseller / White-Label: the same installer without the licence phase
  • First sign-in as the owner and the Institute overview of a clean installation
  • The Software license page: status, tier, activation counters, renewal and the seven-day grace
  • Check now, deactivating before a move, and why support expiry never ends the licence
  • Cron jobs: the worker, the communication worker and the hourly licence renewal
  • Email / SMTP settings and the test e-mail
  • Branding & Website Settings, Legal Pages and the next setup steps

Chapters #

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 0:21 Licence activation and finishing the install
  • 1:52 First sign-in as the owner
  • 2:18 The Software license page
  • 3:39 Cron jobs
  • 4:12 E-mail (SMTP)
  • 4:54 Branding, legal pages and next steps

Written documentation #

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