Create your account

Creating a Laya account takes a minute, and you can join with an account you already have. Sign-up lives on the Create your Laya account page, or you can follow the Create an account link from the sign-in page.

Ways to sign up

The sign-up page offers three tiers of options:

• Join your team's workspace: sign up with Atlassian or Azure DevOps. Best if your team's work already lives in Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Or sign up with Google, Microsoft or Slack.
• Or with email: enter your Full name, Email and Password, then choose Create account.

Signing in later

You can always sign back in the same way you signed up. Email accounts also have a passwordless option: on the sign-in page choose Email me a magic link instead, then open the link from the Check your inbox confirmation. Magic links are single-use and expire after 10 minutes.

There is no separate password-reset form. If you forget your password, the Forgot password? link sends you a magic link. Sign in with it, then set a new password from your Security page (see Sessions and account security). Accounts created with a social provider or magic link can add a password there at any time with Set password.

What happens after sign-up

1. You choose where to startLaya asks Where do you want to start? and makes nothing until you choose: Set up a workspace for your team (recommended), or Start in your personal space. If someone has invited your email address to their team workspace, Join it comes first.
2. A team workspaceThe team option opens Create a workspace: name it and pick a starting board, and you land in it, ready to invite people. See Create or join a workspace.
3. Or your personal spaceThe personal option makes a private Personal workspace named after you (for example "Alex's Workspace") and takes you straight to creating your first board. See Create your first board.

Two ways in go straight on: an invitation link takes you into that team workspace, and signing up with Atlassian or Azure DevOps first asks how that tool should work in Laya (choose Skip for now and you get the question above instead). Until you have a workspace, Home shows the same choice.

If your account was created by a social sign-in, Laya also sends a welcome email confirming the account exists and listing every way back in: the provider button, an emailed link, or setting a password in your settings. When you create an account you agree to Laya's Terms and Privacy Policy, and Laya records the version you accepted.