.. _accesslab:

Access the lab
===============

The Datalab provides a set of inter-linked services to enable digital scientific collaboration. Once you have :ref:`registered as a user<joinlab>`, you can access these services with your user credentials.

After your account is created, head over to read the detailed Docs_ to learn how to authenticate and login to the lab's facilities.

In short, the lab's facilities include:

* `Docs`_ for detailed guidance on lab usage
* `Chat`_ for lab-wide and project-specific communication
* `Projects`_ for project management
* `Desktop`_ for accessing the science desktop
* `Support`_ to request administrative support
* `Registration`_ of new users or labspaces

When you are asked to authenticate to any of the lab's services, then please provide your username (of the form ``first_name.last_name``) and password. Do not share your user credentials with anybody else. If you are a ZMT staff member, then your password is the same as your ZMT account password.