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title: "For End Users"
description: "Start here if you use Mattermost day to day."
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<Eyebrow>Persona landing</Eyebrow>

# For End Users

You use Mattermost day-to-day to message, collaborate, and get work done. This page is a curated entry point — every link goes to the canonical guide.

## Start here

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {title: 'Install the app', to: '/end-user-guide/access/install-desktop-app', description: 'Get Mattermost on your laptop and phone.'},
  {title: 'Connect to a workspace', to: '/end-user-guide/access/access-your-workspace', description: 'Sign in for the first time and join your team.'},
  {title: 'Configure notifications', to: '/end-user-guide/preferences/manage-your-notifications', description: 'Get pinged for what matters.'},
]} />

## Common tasks

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {title: 'Send and format messages', to: '/end-user-guide/collaborate/send-messages', description: 'Markdown, code blocks, mentions, attachments.'},
  {title: 'Organize with threads', to: '/end-user-guide/collaborate/organize-conversations', description: 'Keep parallel conversations untangled.'},
  {title: 'Calls and screen sharing', to: '/end-user-guide/collaborate/audio-and-screensharing', description: 'Audio, screen share, transcription.'},
  {title: 'Playbooks', to: '/end-user-guide/workflow-automation/workflow-automation-index', description: 'Checklists, runs, retrospectives.'},
  {title: 'Boards', to: '/end-user-guide/project-management/project-management-index', description: 'Kanban tasks linked to channels.'},
  {title: 'Keyboard shortcuts', to: '/end-user-guide/collaborate/keyboard-shortcuts', description: 'Move at the speed of muscle memory.'},
]} />

## Other personas

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {title: 'For administrators', to: '/for/administrator', description: 'You configure and operate Mattermost.'},
  {title: 'For developers', to: '/for/developer', description: 'You build plugins or use the API.'},
  {title: 'For security architects', to: '/for/security-architect', description: 'You evaluate Mattermost for regulated environments.'},
]} />