How-to

Verify your email and sign in

Confirm email verification before working and show the correct sign-in redirect. Before your first session, confirm that the email address belongs to you.

1 min 16 sFor: Newly registered user5 steps

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Quick steps

  1. Open the DM verification pageAfter you register, DM asks you to verify your email address. This page names the address it sent a verification link to. Open your inbox and look for the message from DM. Keep that link to yourself. It's personal to your account, so never share it or post it anywhere.
    1. Open the DM verification page.
    2. Review "Verify your email": "Verify your email We sent a verification link to new.member@example.test. Open the link t…".

    What it means: After you register, DM asks you to verify your email address. This page names the address it sent a verification link to. Open your inbox and look for the message from DM. Keep that link to yourself. It's personal to your account, so never share it or post it anywhere.

  2. Click Resend verification emailIf the email doesn't arrive, check your spam folder first. Then select Resend verification email.
    1. Click "Resend verification email". The next view is "Verify your email" (/verify-email).
    2. You should now see "DM's reply": "Verification email sent if your account requires verification.".

    What it means: If the email doesn't arrive, check your spam folder first. Then select Resend verification email.

  3. Review dm's replyDM confirms that it will send a new message if your account needs verification. Use the newest message you receive.
    1. Review "DM's reply": "Verification email sent if your account requires verification.".

    What it means: DM confirms that it will send a new message if your account needs verification. Use the newest message you receive.

  4. Open the verification linkOpen the verification link from your email. In this demonstration we follow a sample link. Real links are personal, so we never show one. DM checks the link, confirms your email, and takes you to your workspace Home. In this demonstration, the confirmation is simulated.
    1. Open the verification link.
    2. Review "Your workspace": "Northwind Product Team Editor".

    What it means: Open the verification link from your email. In this demonstration we follow a sample link. Real links are personal, so we never show one. DM checks the link, confirms your email, and takes you to your workspace Home. In this demonstration, the confirmation is simulated.

  5. Review your workspace and roleYour DM Home shows the workspace you're working in. Check its name and your role in the sidebar before you start. The link also signs you in, so there's nothing more to enter. Next, let's sign in and choose your workspace.
    1. Review "Your workspace and role": "Northwind Product Team Editor".

    What it means: Your DM Home shows the workspace you're working in. Check its name and your role in the sidebar before you start. The link also signs you in, so there's nothing more to enter. Next, let's sign in and choose your workspace.

A real verification email, token or account was not shown or verified. The page state, the Resend reply and the verified result come from simulated responses, and the verification email itself is not shown.

Sign-in with Google, Microsoft or GitHub was not started. Choosing between several workspaces is the subject of HT-01.

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Demo environment · sample identity · backend responses are simulated. Confirm your address before your first session
This guide follows the real DM verification page, the Resend control and the Home a verification link opens, with simulated backend responses and a sample identity. Whether verification is required, and how long a link stays valid, depends on your organization's DM setup.

Disclosure (kept in this transcript and the video description, not drawn on the frames): Demo environment · sample identity · backend responses are simulated.

00:00–00:19 · check-inbox

On screen: Open the DM verification page. A highlight labelled "Verify your email" marks "Verify your email We sent a verification link to new.member@example.t…".

Narrator: After you register, DM asks you to verify your email address.

Narrator: This page names the address it sent a verification link to.

Narrator: Open your inbox and look for the message from DM.

Narrator: Keep that link to yourself. It's personal to your account, so never share it or post it anywhere.

00:19–00:28 · resend

On screen: Click "Resend verification email". The next view is "Verify your email" (/verify-email). A highlight labelled "Resend the email" marks "Resend verification email". Afterwards: A highlight labelled "DM's reply" marks "Verification email sent if your account requires verification.".

Narrator: If the email doesn't arrive, check your spam folder first.

Narrator: Then select Resend verification email.

00:28–00:37 · resend-result

On screen: A highlight labelled "DM's reply" marks "Verification email sent if your account requires verification.".

Narrator: DM confirms that it will send a new message if your account needs verification.

Narrator: Use the newest message you receive.

00:37–00:58 · open-link

On screen: Open the verification link. A highlight labelled "Your workspace" marks "Northwind Product Team Editor".

Narrator: Open the verification link from your email.

Narrator: In this demonstration we follow a sample link. Real links are personal, so we never show one.

Narrator: DM checks the link, confirms your email, and takes you to your workspace Home.

Narrator: In this demonstration, the confirmation is simulated.

00:58–01:15 · start

On screen: A highlight labelled "Your workspace and role" marks "Northwind Product Team Editor".

Narrator: Your DM Home shows the workspace you're working in.

Narrator: Check its name and your role in the sidebar before you start.

Narrator: The link also signs you in, so there's nothing more to enter.

Narrator: Next, let's sign in and choose your workspace.

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How-to 1 min 6 s6 steps

Sign in and choose the right workspace

Confirm correct workspace and permissions before working. Already signed in? Before working, check which team workspace is active.

For: Invited pilot user

Product tour 2 min 3 s6 steps

Home: your starting point in DM

Orient new users to DM Home and the main areas that need attention.

For: Any signed-in workspace member