# Online Dashboard ### What is the Online Dashboard? The Online Dashboard is where the cloud services behind your **coherence**-based game can be managed. It can be found at . Here are some examples of tasks to perform on the Online Dashboard: * Create your organization and project for your game * Start/stop/restart your cloud-based **Replication Server** or **Simulator** * Enable coherence features such as **player authentication, key-value store, persistence,** and **build sharing** * Invite teammates to your project * Cost analysis: view your resource usage and billing forecasts ### Is the Online Dashboard required for development? While a local [**Replication Server**](https://docs.coherence.io/manual/replication-server) is available as part of the [**Unity SDK**](https://docs.coherence.io/getting-started/installation), in order to host multiplayer services like the **Replication Server** in the [**coherence Cloud**](https://docs.coherence.io/hosting/coherence-cloud), your team must have a project in the Online Dashboard. It is up to your project needs when to begin using the cloud services. ### Getting started Please see the page [Create a free account](https://docs.coherence.io/getting-started/setup-a-project/test-in-the-cloud) in the Get Started section. ### Accessing Online Dashboard features from Unity Please see the article on [using the **coherence Cloud** in Unity](https://docs.coherence.io/hosting/coherence-cloud/coherence-cloud-apis). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.coherence.io/hosting/coherence-cloud/online-dashboard.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.