The MSP's Complete Guide to Client Onboarding: Checklist, Templates & Automation

Introduction: Why Onboarding Determines Client Lifetime

The first 90 days of a managed services relationship determine whether you will have that client for 1 year or 10 years. I have seen this play out across the 16 years I spent building and running MSPs, and the research consistently confirms it: 70% of client churn in the MSP space traces back to poor onboarding.

Not to poor technical work. Not to high prices. To the experience of being a new client.

When a client signs your MSP agreement, they are making a significant trust commitment. They are handing over access to their IT infrastructure to a company that, in most cases, they have known for a matter of weeks. That trust is either validated or violated in the onboarding process.

Validated: the client sees organized, professional deployment, clear communication, proactive identification and resolution of existing issues, and a team that clearly knows what they are doing. They feel their IT is in good hands and relax.

Violated: the client experiences confusion, unclear timelines, missed follow-ups, and a general sense that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. They start questioning whether they made the right decision.

The onboarding framework in this guide is based on what I learned from building two MSPs to acquisition — one that was acquired after 8 years, one after 6. The clients who stayed for 5+ years universally had structured, professional onboarding experiences. The clients who churned in year 1 almost always had rocky starts.

The 5-Phase MSP Onboarding Framework

Phase 1: Discovery and Planning (Pre-Signature to Day 0)

Onboarding begins before the contract is signed. The information you collect during the sales process sets the foundation for everything that follows.

The Pre-Sales Environment Audit

Before quoting managed services, you should conduct a basic environment audit. This protects you from surprises that turn a profitable account into a money-losing one. Minimum assessment includes:

• Device count and type (workstations, servers, network devices)
• Operating system versions (are there EOL systems that will require extra effort?)
• Network infrastructure (managed vs. unmanaged switches, VPN setup, wireless infrastructure)
• Existing software licenses and renewals
• Current IT support arrangement (in-house IT being replaced? Previous MSP? No existing IT?)
• Known issues and outstanding problems
• Business-specific applications that require special support knowledge

The Strategic Onboarding Questionnaire

Beyond the technical audit, collect strategic information that informs monitoring policies, SLA priorities, and client communication:

1. What are your three most business-critical systems? What happens if they go down?
2. Who are the primary points of contact for IT support requests vs. billing vs. emergency situations?
3. What hours do your employees work? When are maintenance windows acceptable?
4. Have you experienced any IT security incidents in the past 2 years?
5. Do you have any compliance requirements (HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, SOC 2)?
6. What are the biggest IT frustrations your team has had with your previous IT setup?
7. Are there any upcoming projects or changes in the next 6 months we should be aware of?
8. What does IT success look like from your perspective? How will you know this relationship is working?

The answers to these questions should inform every element of your monitoring configuration, SLA priorities, and QBR agenda. Do not ask these questions and then forget about them.

Planning Deliverables

Before deployment begins, document:

• Complete device inventory (from audit)
• Primary and emergency contact matrix
• Maintenance window schedule
• SLA tier selected and SLA response time commitments
• Initial monitoring template to be applied
• Known issues to address in first 30 days
• Upcoming projects or changes to plan around

Phase 2: Security and Risk Assessment (Days 1–7)

The first week should be dedicated to understanding the security posture of the environment — before you are responsible for it.

Baseline Security Audit

Run automated security assessments using your RMM and any additional security tooling:

• Patch compliance: What percentage of devices are fully patched? What are the highest-severity outstanding CVEs?
• Antivirus status: Is AV deployed, updated, and running on all devices?
• Password policies: Are password complexity and expiration policies enforced?
• MFA status: Is multi-factor authentication enabled for critical accounts (Microsoft 365/Google Workspace, VPN, remote access)?
• Local administrator accounts: Are there unnecessary local admin accounts? Shared passwords?
• Remote access: What remote access solutions are in place? Are they configured securely?
• Backup verification: Are backups configured and recent? Has anyone verified they restore correctly?
• Open services: Are any unnecessary services exposed to the internet?

Important: Document everything you find. If you discover that a client has been running without antivirus, or that there are shared admin passwords, or that backups have been failing for 6 months — document this and address it formally. You do not want to inherit undocumented security failures and later be held responsible for a breach that predates your engagement.

Third-Party Access Inventory

Per Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report, over 35% of breaches involve third-party vendors who have access to client systems. In your first week, inventory:

• All remote access tools and who has credentials
• Vendor VPN access (copier company, phone system vendor, line-of-business application vendors)
• Cloud service integrations and connected apps
• Shared email accounts

Revoke access that is no longer needed. Rotate credentials for any shared accounts.

Security Risk Register

Create a formal risk register for the client — a document that lists all identified security risks, their severity, and your remediation plan. This serves two purposes:

1. Operational: Ensures you have a plan for each identified risk
2. Legal: Demonstrates due diligence if a breach occurs. You identified the risk and had a plan — that is very different from being unaware of it.

The risk register should be reviewed with the client in your first formal meeting.

Phase 3: Foundation and Expectations (Days 7–14)

With the security baseline complete, establish the structural foundation of the relationship.

The Client Welcome Package

Within the first week, deliver a professional welcome package that includes:

• Welcome letter: Introducing your team, expressing enthusiasm for the relationship, and outlining what comes next
• SLA summary: Plain-English summary of your service commitments (not the legal document — a 1-page human-readable version)
• Contacts card: Who to call for what, with direct numbers and hours
• How to submit a support request: Your ticket submission options (email, phone, web portal)
• Emergency procedures: What constitutes an emergency and how to reach you 24/7
• Acceptable Use Policy: Your expectations of the client's team

Template: Client Welcome Letter

[Your MSP Name]

Dear [Client First Name],

Welcome to [Your MSP Name]. We are genuinely excited to be supporting [Client Company Name], and we want your first experience with us to set the tone for a long and productive partnership.

Over the next two weeks, our team will be completing the technical setup of your monitoring and management environment, addressing the initial issues we identified during assessment, and ensuring everything is properly documented.

Your primary point of contact is [Technician Name], reachable at [phone] and [email]. For after-hours emergencies, call [emergency number].

For non-emergency support requests, please submit tickets via [portal URL] or email [helpdesk@yourmsp.com(opens in new tab)]. Our standard response times are: Critical issues within [X hours], High priority within [X hours], and general requests within [X hours].

We will schedule a 30-day check-in call on [date] to review the first month of service and answer any questions.

Thank you for trusting us with your IT infrastructure. We will take great care of it.

Warm regards, [Signing Executive Name] [Title], [MSP Name]

Communication Protocols

Define how you will communicate with each client:

• Proactive updates: Monthly patch report, quarterly business review
• Reactive communication: How quickly you will acknowledge tickets, how you will communicate resolution timelines
• Major incident communication: What constitutes an incident worth an immediate phone call vs. email notification
• Change notification: Advance notice for maintenance windows, agent updates, configuration changes

These protocols should be documented and signed off by the client contact.

Phase 4: Technical Deployment (Days 7–21)

The technical deployment phase is when your team does the hands-on work of building out the client's managed environment.

Agent Deployment

Your RMM agent deployment should be automated wherever possible:

Via Group Policy (domain-joined environments):

1. Create a GPO in Active Directory that installs the RMM agent via MSI
2. Link the GPO to the appropriate OUs (typically all computers)
3. Agents deploy automatically at the next Group Policy refresh (up to 90 minutes)
4. Monitor your RMM for devices appearing in the unassigned queue

Via Intune (Azure AD / Entra-joined environments):

1. Add the RMM agent MSI as a Win32 app in Intune
2. Assign to "All Devices" or a device group
3. Intune deploys during the next device check-in

Via manual script (workgroup or mixed environments): Create a one-line installation script that technicians can run remotely or clients can self-execute:

# NinjaIT agent deployment (replace TOKEN with your client-specific installer token)
$installerUrl = "https://app.ninjait.app/agent/installer?token=YOURCLIENTTOKEN"
$installerPath = "$env:TEMP\ninjait-agent.exe"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $installerUrl -OutFile $installerPath
Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -ArgumentList "/S" -Wait

Monitoring Policy Configuration

After deployment, configure monitoring policies that match the client's environment:

1. Apply your standard baseline monitoring template to all devices
2. Customize for the client's specific applications (SQL Server monitoring, Exchange monitoring, etc.)
3. Configure the maintenance window schedule for patch deployments
4. Set up client-specific alert routing (who gets notified for which alerts)

Patch Compliance Baseline

Run your first patch compliance assessment:

1. Review the current patch status for all devices
2. Create a patch remediation plan for critical/high-severity outstanding patches
3. Begin deploying critical patches immediately (with client notification)
4. Schedule high/medium patches for the first maintenance window

Documentation

Create a client technical documentation record that includes:

• Network diagram (even a simple one is valuable)
• Server inventory with roles, OS versions, IP addresses
• Business-critical applications list with vendor support contacts
• Active Directory structure summary
• Backup configuration details
• Vendor contact list (ISP, phone system, copier, key application vendors)
• Known quirks and workarounds

This documentation is an investment that pays dividends every time a different technician handles a request for this client. The MSP that documents everything is the MSP that delivers consistent service quality regardless of which team member is working.

The Technical Deployment Checklist

• All workstations have RMM agent installed and reporting
• All servers have RMM agent installed and reporting
• Monitoring policies applied and configured
• Alert routing configured (correct people notified)
• Maintenance window configured in RMM
• Patch baseline established, critical patches scheduled
• Antivirus status verified on all devices
• Backup status verified — last successful backup confirmed
• Network devices added to monitoring (SNMP or agentless)
• Helpdesk access configured for client contacts
• Documentation draft created

Phase 5: Optimization and Handoff (Days 21–90)

The final phase transitions the client from "new client requiring intensive attention" to "established client managed via standard processes."

The 30-Day Review

Schedule a call at the 30-day mark with your client point of contact. Agenda:

1. Review the baseline report: What did we find during assessment? What have we addressed?
2. Current status: Patch compliance percentage, active alerts, support ticket volume and resolution times
3. Open issues: Any outstanding items from the initial assessment?
4. Client feedback: How is the experience so far? Any concerns or questions?
5. Upcoming maintenance: What is scheduled for the next 30 days?
6. First invoice review: Walk through the first invoice to ensure it makes sense

Send a post-call summary email within 24 hours.

First Quarterly Business Review (QBR)

At 90 days, conduct your first formal QBR. The QBR is not just a status update — it is your opportunity to demonstrate value and deepen the relationship.

QBR agenda:

1. Executive summary: 3 key accomplishments in the first 90 days
2. Security posture: Patch compliance, security risks addressed, status
3. Availability report: Uptime statistics, incidents and resolutions
4. Patch compliance: Current compliance percentage by category
5. Proactive work completed: What problems were prevented, not just fixed
6. Roadmap: What investments should the client consider in the next 6–12 months?
7. Open discussion: Their questions, concerns, or requests

The QBR should leave the client feeling informed, protected, and in good hands. Every QBR is also a renewal conversation — clients who feel the value of your services have no reason to shop alternatives.

Automation Strategies for Scalable Onboarding

Manual onboarding does not scale. If every new client requires the same checklist completed by hand, your onboarding quality degrades as volume increases and your technicians burn out on repetitive tasks.

Automate agent deployment: Use Group Policy, Intune, or SCCM to push agents automatically when a client is set up in Active Directory. No individual devices should require manual agent installation.

Automated monitoring policy application: Configure your RMM to auto-apply a baseline monitoring template to all new devices in a client group. Technicians should only need to make client-specific customizations on top of the baseline.

Automated onboarding ticket workflow: Create a PSA ticket workflow that tracks onboarding progress as a project. Each task (agent deployment, security audit, documentation, 30-day review) is a ticket that auto-creates with the right assignee and due date when a client onboarding project is initiated.

Automated welcome communication: Trigger the welcome email and portal setup automatically when the client agreement is signed in your PSA/CRM.

Automated baseline reporting: Configure your RMM to auto-generate and email a patch compliance report and device health summary at the 30-day mark.

NinjaIT's client management features include client groups, template-based monitoring policy deployment, and automated patch compliance reporting that make these automation workflows practical for MSPs of any size.

Common Onboarding Mistakes

Skipping the security assessment: You are inheriting someone else's environment. Without a formal baseline assessment, you may be inheriting security problems you are then held responsible for.

Promising to fix everything in the first month: Manage expectations clearly. An environment that has been neglected for years will take months to bring to your standard. Set a remediation roadmap with phases, not promises that everything will be perfect in 30 days.

Under-communicating during deployment: Clients get nervous when they do not hear from you. Even if "everything is going smoothly" is the update, send it.

Not documenting the environment: The technician who does the onboarding holds all the knowledge in their head. When they are out sick or leave, the next technician starts from zero. Documentation is not optional.

Treating every client identically: Your standard template is a starting point. Every client has unique business-critical applications, regulatory requirements, and risk tolerances. The client file should reflect their specific environment, not a copy-paste of every other client.

The Client Onboarding Scorecard

Use this scorecard at the 90-day mark to evaluate onboarding quality:

Target: 28/35 or above for a successful onboarding. Investigate any score below 25.

Conclusion

Client onboarding is not overhead — it is the most important investment you make in a client relationship. The hours spent in the first 90 days building a professional, documented, secure foundation pay dividends for years in client retention, referrals, and the ability to deliver consistent service quality.

Build an onboarding process that is so good clients talk about it. The MSP market is crowded and often commoditized. Your onboarding experience is one of the few truly differentiating factors you can control.

For related MSP business guides: MSP pricing models, SLA guide and templates, and how to build a profitable MSP in 2026. For the technical side of onboarding, see what is RMM and patch management for MSPs.

The Onboarding Kickoff Call: Structure and Agenda

The kickoff call is your first formal touchpoint after the contract is signed. It sets the tone for the entire relationship. Here is a proven 60-minute agenda:

Opening (5 minutes): Introductions — have both the account manager and the lead technician on the call. Clients need to know who they are working with.

Project overview and timeline (10 minutes):

• What we will do and when
• Key milestones and client expectations
• How to reach us during onboarding
• Who our primary contacts are

Client environment Q&A (20 minutes): Learn what you do not yet know:

• Is there anything sensitive we should know about (executive systems, compliance systems, systems we should approach carefully)?
• Are there any custom applications or configurations that are non-standard?
• Any ongoing IT projects or pending changes we should know about?
• Previous IT provider — were there any open issues they were working on?

Communication and escalation setup (10 minutes):

• Confirm primary IT contact
• Confirm preferred communication channel (email vs. phone vs. portal)
• Walk through the ticketing portal
• Explain the escalation path

Immediate next steps (15 minutes):

• Agent deployment — explain what the RMM agent does and walk through the installation process
• Schedule the network assessment
• Confirm maintenance window for initial patching

Q&A: Leave time for client questions. New clients always have them.

Document the kickoff call — key decisions, commitments made, questions raised and answered. Share a written summary within 24 hours.

Handling the Difficult Onboarding

Not every onboarding is clean. Inherited environments often have problems the previous provider created or avoided. Here is how to handle the most common complications.

Discovering Critical Security Issues During Onboarding

You run the initial scan and find: servers three years behind on patches, no endpoint protection on half the workstations, shared admin credentials, and an open RDP port exposed to the internet. Essentially, a major security incident waiting to happen.

Do not wait to disclose. Call the client within 24 hours of discovering significant vulnerabilities.

Frame it correctly: "Our initial assessment identified some significant security gaps that we want to address urgently. This is not a reflection of your team — it is very common in environments that have not had proactive security management. Here is what we found, and here is what we recommend we do immediately."

Separate immediate emergency from planned remediation:

• Immediate action (this week): Close the open RDP port, deploy endpoint protection, change shared admin passwords
• Short-term remediation (this month): Critical patch deployment, MFA rollout
• Project roadmap: The full security remediation plan

Charge for remediation work above your standard managed services scope. The discovery that the environment is in poor condition is not a reason to absorb unlimited remediation hours at no charge. However, frame pricing fairly: "We identified X hours of remediation work — here is our estimate. We can phase this over two months to manage the budget impact."

Discovering Undisclosed Technical Debt

You find end-of-life servers, unsupported applications, or hardware problems the client knew about but did not disclose during pre-sales.

Start with charitable assumption: they may not have known the severity. Document what you found, share the findings, and revise the managed services agreement scope if necessary. If the environment is substantially more complex than represented, renegotiation of pricing is reasonable.

Managing Client Expectations During a Slow Onboarding

Sometimes onboarding takes longer than expected. The client hired you expecting immediate relief and it is taking 4 weeks instead of 2.

Proactive communication prevents this from becoming a relationship crisis:

• Weekly status updates during active onboarding, even if just a 3-line email
• Milestone celebrations: "We have completed agent deployment on 95% of devices. Here is the completion summary."
• Honest timeline communication when delays occur: "We ran into an issue with [specific system] that requires additional time. Updated timeline: [date]. Here is what we are doing to address it."

Clients forgive delays. They do not forgive being left in the dark.

Onboarding Metrics: Tracking Performance

Systematically track onboarding performance to identify where your process needs improvement.

Onboarding time to completion: Days from contract signed to "fully onboarded" milestone. Track this for every client. Your target should decrease as your process matures.

Agent deployment completion rate: What percentage of devices have the RMM agent installed at Day 30? Target: 95%+. Lower rates indicate client cooperation problems or agent deployment issues.

Time to first value: How many days until the client's first incident is resolved using your tools and processes? This is when they first see tangible value from the engagement.

Onboarding CSAT: Send a brief survey at Day 30 and Day 90: "How would you rate your onboarding experience?" Track this score and review negative responses immediately.

Issues discovered during onboarding vs. pre-sales discovery: What percentage of new environments have significant issues not identified during pre-sales? High rates indicate your pre-sales IT assessment needs improvement.

Building a Client-Facing Onboarding Portal

Many MSPs send a PDF checklist and a series of emails during onboarding. A client-facing onboarding portal is a significant upgrade.

The portal provides:

• Visual onboarding progress (what is done, what is pending)
• Document collection requests (the client submits credentials, network diagrams through a secure portal rather than email)
• Status updates without the client having to call or email
• Self-service knowledge base for common questions

Tools for building this experience:

• Client portals in PSAs: ConnectWise Manage, HaloPSA, and most modern PSAs include client portals that can be customized for onboarding
• Project management tools with client access: Asana, Monday.com, or Notion with guest access
• Dedicated client portal tools: Softr, Portals.io, or custom-built with your website platform

Even a simple shared Notion page with a checklist and status updates is better than a series of emails. The goal is to make the onboarding experience feel professional and organized — not like you are winging it.

Onboarding High-Value Enterprise Clients

Enterprise onboarding has different requirements than SMB onboarding. Here is what changes:

Stakeholder management: Enterprise clients have more stakeholders — CIO, CISO, IT manager, department heads, possibly a procurement team. Identify all stakeholders during pre-sales and ensure they are represented in onboarding.

Change management: Enterprise environments have change management processes. You cannot deploy agents or make configuration changes without going through change control. Understand the client's change management process and integrate with it.

Project governance: For large enterprises, a formal project governance structure is expected: project manager, steering committee meetings, formal milestone sign-offs. Provide a dedicated project manager for enterprise onboardings.

Security review: Many enterprises require a vendor security assessment before granting you access to their environment. Be prepared to complete vendor questionnaires (SIG, CAIQ) and provide SOC 2 reports, cyber insurance certificates, and security policy documentation.

Pilot before full deployment: Large enterprises often require a pilot phase — deploy to one department or location first, validate the approach, then expand. Build this into your enterprise onboarding timeline.

Knowledge transfer documentation: Enterprise clients want comprehensive documentation of everything you learn about their environment. Plan to invest 20–40 hours in documentation during enterprise onboarding.

Conclusion: The Onboarding Process as Competitive Advantage

In a market where most MSPs offer technically similar services, the experience of working with you becomes your differentiation. Your sales pitch gets you in the door. Your onboarding experience determines whether you stay.

Invest in building a world-class onboarding process: detailed checklists, automated agent deployment, professional discovery documentation, proactive security remediations, and structured 30/60/90-day communication. Measure it with CSAT and time-to-completion metrics. Improve it continuously.

The clients who experience excellent onboarding become your best references, your highest retention rates, and your most frequent referral sources. The investment is significant. The return is substantial.

Frequently Asked Questions About MSP Client Onboarding

How long should MSP onboarding take?

For a straightforward SMB client (25–100 users, single location, Windows-dominant environment), expect 2–4 weeks for a complete onboarding: agent deployment, environment documentation, security baseline, and initial patching cycle. Multi-location clients add 1–2 weeks per additional location. Clients with complex compliance requirements or legacy environments may require 6–8 weeks. Set expectations during pre-sales — clients who expect to be "fully onboarded" in 3 days will be disappointed.

What do I do when the previous IT provider refuses to cooperate?

This is more common than it should be. A professional handover request includes: network diagrams, server documentation, vendor contracts, and credential handover. If the previous provider refuses, you have options. First, verify you have the client's authorization for everything you are requesting. Second, document all requests and refusals — this creates a record if disputes arise later. Third, work around the gaps: reset credentials you can reset (domain admin passwords, server local admin, firewall admin), document what you discover through your own investigation, and note in the client record what information is still missing. Fourth, if critical systems have credentials only the outgoing provider knows (rare but it happens), escalate to the vendor directly with client authorization.

Should I charge for the onboarding process?

There are two schools of thought: (1) bundle onboarding into the first month of managed services as a "free" benefit — this reduces friction to close the deal; (2) charge separately for onboarding as a setup fee ($1,000–$3,000 for standard SMB onboarding). The bundled approach is more common and closes more deals. The separate fee approach is appropriate for complex environments where the onboarding investment is genuinely significant (multi-location, compliance requirements, poor state). Whatever you decide, be explicit in the contract.

What should I do when I discover the client was misrepresenting their environment size?

Pre-sales assessments sometimes miss devices. If the actual device count is significantly higher than quoted (> 15% variance), this is a contract conversation. Review your agreement: does it clearly specify the device count? If so, you have grounds to adjust the monthly fee. Approach it collaboratively: "Our discovery identified 87 managed devices rather than the 70 we quoted. We will need to adjust the monthly fee to reflect the actual scope — here is our revised proposal." Clients generally accept this when the discovery is documented objectively.

How do I handle a client who wants to be involved in every technical decision during onboarding?

Some clients — often those who have been burned by previous providers — want approval on every change. This is understandable but operationally challenging. Address it in the kickoff: "We will communicate all significant changes — server configurations, security settings, policy deployments — before making them. For routine maintenance activities (patches, standard workstation configurations), we will follow our standard process and report in the monthly summary. Does that work for you?" Most clients accept this framing once they understand the difference between strategic changes and routine maintenance.

What is the most common reason MSP onboardings fail or go poorly?

In my experience: communication gaps. Either the MSP does not communicate proactively enough (client feels left in the dark), or the client does not provide cooperation in a timely manner (delayed credential sharing, unavailable contacts, access not arranged). Solve both with structure: a shared onboarding tracker visible to both parties, defined response SLAs for client-side items (if we need credentials or access, we need it within 48 hours), and weekly status updates that document both what we have done and what we are waiting on.

Technology Tools for Streamlined Onboarding

The right tools reduce onboarding time and improve consistency. Here is a practical toolkit:

Documentation platform: IT Glue or Hudu for capturing network diagrams, server configurations, credentials (encrypted), vendor contacts, and client-specific procedures. Both platforms offer onboarding templates that guide technicians through systematic documentation of the client environment.

Network scanner: Lansweeper, Angry IP Scanner, or your RMM's built-in network discovery for identifying all devices on the client network — including those without agents.

Password management: Your documentation platform's built-in credential manager (IT Glue, Hudu) or a dedicated MSP password management tool (PassPortal, 1Password Teams). Critical: never store client credentials in spreadsheets or plain-text files.

Onboarding checklist template: A standardized checklist in your PSA (ConnectWise, HaloPSA, NinjaIT's ticketing) that creates a project ticket with sub-tasks for each onboarding step. Assign tasks to technicians, set due dates, and track completion in the PSA. This provides visibility into onboarding progress without manual status tracking.

Client portal: Your PSA's client portal or a simple Notion/SharePoint page where the client can see onboarding progress, submit documents, and review what has been completed. Transparency into the onboarding process reduces client anxiety and reduces status-request emails.

CyberXper(opens in new tab) provides security assessment services that integrate well with MSP onboarding — their initial security assessment can be the foundation for your security baseline documentation. NinjaIT provides integrated RMM, ticketing, and client management that streamlines the entire onboarding workflow from a single platform.

A well-executed onboarding builds the foundation for a long-term client relationship. The investment of structured tools, clear communication, and professional documentation pays dividends in retention, referrals, and the operational efficiency of every subsequent interaction with that client. Invest the time to build it right from day one.

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