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Get Your Own EMS Server

    Go to https://ems.element.io/

    Click Sign up or Sign in
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    Enter your email address
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    Click the confirmation link in the email
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    Enter your name or company name and a password on https://ems.element.io/user/account. Then click Billing address and payment method
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    Enter your billing address and credit card information on https://ems.element.io/user/billing
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    Click Your Account, then Manage Servers to get started setting up your EMS server

    Click the Setup tab, and choose your Host Size
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    Select your hostname and click Check. Keep in mind that this cannot be changed later
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    Configure your host settings, then click Next. If you want to use Custom DNS (ie. have your usernames be @someone:yourdomain.com instead of @someone:yourhost.ems.host and have your Element client on your own domain), see EMS-Server-With-Custom-Domain
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    Select Monthly or Annual billing and confirm your payment options. Then click Purchase
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    Sit tight for a few minutes while your server is being built
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    When it's done, click Manage hosts to configure additional settings and add users
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