# Step 1: Sign up for Slack and create a Slack team
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Sign up for a Slack account and create a Slack team. For instructions, see [Using Slack](https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/212675257-Creating-a-Slack-account). In the next section you create a Slack application, which any Slack team can install.

## Next step
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[Step 2: Create a Slack application](slack-step-2.md)