Getting Started :: Spotlight Cloud Documentation

Sign up for an Account

Try Spotlight Cloud Using your web browser, go to http://www.spotlightessentials.com Click Try Spotlight Cloud. This will open the web page to create a Quest account. Create a Quest Account to start using Spotlight Enter your name and email address in the spaces provided. Supply a password. Agree to the terms and conditions. Click Sign up. Look out for an email from support@quest.com. Verify your Email Address You will receive a verification email from support@quest.

Install the Spotlight Cloud Diagnostic Server

Download Spotlight Cloud Download the Spotlight Cloud installer from the Spotlight web site if you have not already done so. Sign in to the Spotlight web site with your Quest account and click Download. Requirements of the Spotlight Cloud host The Spotlight Cloud Diagnostic Server requires Internet access. Consider installing the Spotlight Cloud Diagnostic Server on a computer that is always switched on. Spotlight Cloud cannot monitor your connections while the computer is switched off or otherwise unable to access the Internet.

Add Connections and Configure them

Open the Spotlight Connection Manager Open the Configuration Tool. You will find the Configuration Tool on the desktop of the computer where Spotlight Cloud is installed. Double click the desktop icon. Sign in with your Quest account, and then from the Configuration panel, click Connections. This opens the Spotlight Connection Manager Add new Connection… From the Spotlight Connection Manager, select the connection type to add. Click Add new Connection.
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