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title: Get your next transfer underway
description: Practical guides for sending, receiving, verifying, and operating VOTPort.
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label: Overview
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Your VOTPort deployment has its own address, supplied by your administrator. If someone has sent you a transfer link, start there. You can use a request or delivery link without signing in to the administrative workspace.

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## Send files to a team

You have a request link and files to hand over. Learn how to select a folder, follow progress, and confirm completion.

[Send through a request link](/docs/using/receiving/#send-through-a-request-link)

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## Download a delivery

You have a delivery link. Choose a browser or native client, save the files, and understand the verification result.

[Download a delivery](/docs/using/delivering/#download-a-delivery)

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## Set up your workspace

You manage incoming requests or outgoing deliveries. Start with your address, sign-in, storage destinations, and a small test transfer.

[Start using your deployment](/docs/using/getting-started/)

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## Check the evidence

You have a file and a receipt. Check the signature, match the bytes, and understand the recorded storage assurance.

[Verify a file and receipt](/docs/using/verification/)

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## Find your working guide

| What you need to do                                  | Guide                                            |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Move large files from your computer                  | [Desktop clients](/docs/using/desktop/)          |
| Script transfers and recover interrupted jobs        | [Command line](/docs/using/command-line/)        |
| Send settled exports or issue links automatically    | [Automation](/docs/using/automation/)            |
| Diagnose an access, network, or verification problem | [Troubleshooting](/docs/using/troubleshooting/)  |
| Set roles, tenant boundaries, and offboarding        | [Administration](/docs/administration/)          |
| Operate your licensed port                           | [Deployment and operations](/docs/self-hosting/) |

## Delivery workflows and evidence

[Prepare and track a project delivery](/docs/using/workflows/) with required checks, human approval, scheduling, and recipient acceptance. Administrators can configure [projects and checks](/docs/administration/projects/) and connect [signed events and webhooks](/docs/administration/workflow-events/) to existing systems.

## Receiving, routing, and shared storage

Set up [reception projects and signed trade routes](/docs/using/reception/), qualify [direct NAS receiving](/docs/self-hosting/direct-receiving/), or connect [workplace notifications](/docs/administration/settings/#connect-workplace-notifications).

## Facility deployments

Your deployment team supplies your service address and agrees the storage, access, and operating arrangements with you. VOTPort runs on your infrastructure under a per-port license. A port is one installation, which can connect to several storage destinations. A company can run one shared port or separately licensed ports at different sites; trade routes move packages between them. These guides support that licensed deployment; the operating and support responsibilities come from your agreement.

[Talk to us about your setup](/contact/)