Getting Started

Welcome to Synology Chat. This section will go over and summarize its layout and provide a general overview of its user interface.

The user interface contains three different sections:

  1. Top global bar: Includes package logo, search box and profile picture.
  2. Left sidebar: Includes three sections which include Starred, Channels and Conversations.
  3. Main window: Contains messages and the options to go to the Bulletin and My Collections sections.

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Backup and Restore

You can back up Chat and restore it to a previous version via Hyper Backup.

To back up Chat:

  1. Go to Hyper Backup > Create > Data backup task to create a backup task.
  2. Follow the Backup Wizard instructions, and choose Synology Chat when you are prompted to select applications to back up.
  3. After the backup task is complete, all message history and settings in channels and conversations will be backed up.

To restore Chat:

  1. Go to Hyper Backup > Restore > Data to restore the desired backup task.
  2. After the restore task is complete, all message history and settings in channels and conversations will be restored.

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