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title: Using the Kentico interface
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

> **Info:** This page is a part of a tutorial, which you should follow sequentially, from the beginning to the end. [Go to the first page: Getting started with Kentico](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sptutorial/getting-started-with-kentico.md).

## You will learn about:

🎬 [Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/R5CMXi4apKk)

If you have just [installed Kentico](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/installation.md), you can access the administration interface by:

- Typing **/Admin** after your site's domain into the browser address bar (for example, _http://mysite.com/admin_).

A sign-in page appears:

- The default user name is **administrator**.
- The default password is **blank (no password)**.

If you are using Kentico hosted trial, you can access the administration interface by:

- Typing **/Admin** after your trial site’s domain into the browser bar (for example, _http://us-03.kenticolab.com/Hosted\_trial\_1/admin_).

A sign-in page appears:

- The default user name is **administrator**.
- Use the password you received in the email about website creation.

Once you sign in, the Kentico administration interface opens.

![Administration interface overview](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k12sptutorial/using-the-kentico-interface/K12_+Dashboard.jpg "Administration interface overview")

The interface is separated into **applications**. Each application represents a group of related functions that allow you to perform various types of tasks, configure the system, and view information.

### Administration interface

All parts of the administration interface share the same header with the following elements:

![K12 Using Kentico interface](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k12sptutorial/using-the-kentico-interface/K12_Using_Kentico_interface.jpg)

> **Tip:** **Tip**: You can open any number of applications at the same time in different browser tabs. Right-click the application in the dashboard or application list, and click **Open link in new tab**.

> **Info:** **Choosing the correct site**
>
> If you are following the MVC business tutorial, you need to switch to the _DancingGoatMvc_ website using the Site selector. 

### Documentation

🎬 [Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/z5OfXwLKUvU)

| [Continue](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sptutorial/selecting-your-tutorial-path.md) |
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