> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.altoura.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to Altoura Frontline

> A mixed-reality platform that delivers guided procedures and live remote expert support to frontline workers, anywhere they work.

This page is for anyone new to Altoura Frontline — operators, authors, remote experts, and IT admins. In about two minutes you'll know what the platform does, who it serves, and where to go next in these docs.

**Altoura Frontline** is a mixed-reality platform built for the people who do the work — field technicians, operators, maintenance crews, and service engineers. It brings two capabilities into the flow of the job:

* **Guided Procedures** — interactive, step-by-step instructions overlaid on the worker's real environment, through a head-mounted display (HMD) like **HoloLens 2** or a handheld tablet like **iPad**.
* **Remote Expert** — a live **Microsoft Teams**–integrated session where an expert can see what the worker sees and draw visual annotations that appear anchored in the worker's physical space, in real time.

Together, they reduce errors, shorten training time, and connect the field to expertise without travel.

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## The problem we solve

Frontline work — maintenance, assembly, inspection, installation, field service — still runs largely on tribal knowledge, paper manuals, and phone calls to whoever knows how the equipment actually behaves. That means long ramp times for new technicians, errors and rework from outdated instructions, expensive travel when an expert has to visit a site, and knowledge that leaks as experienced workers move on.

Altoura Frontline turns that knowledge into **guided, in-context, mixed-reality experiences** that live exactly where the work happens — anchored to the equipment in front of the worker.

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## Who it's for

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  <Card title="Manufacturing & Assembly" icon="industry">
    Complex multi-step assembly, changeover procedures, quality checks, and line-side troubleshooting.
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  <Card title="Maintenance & Field Service" icon="wrench">
    Preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis, repairs on location, and technician onboarding.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Energy & Utilities" icon="bolt">
    Inspections on generators, substations, pipelines, and turbines where experts can't always travel.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Healthcare & Life Sciences" icon="kit-medical">
    Device setup, calibration, and sterile-environment procedures where hands-free guidance is critical.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Aerospace & Defense" icon="plane">
    High-precision assembly, inspection, and maintenance workflows on complex equipment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Training & Enablement" icon="graduation-cap">
    Immersive, repeatable onboarding for new hires without interrupting live production equipment.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## What the platform can do

### Guided Procedures

Digital, step-by-step work instructions structured as [procedures, tasks, and steps](/frontline/overview/concepts/procedures-tasks-steps), enriched with 3D models, images, video, and audio, and [anchored to real equipment with QR codes and anchor gems](/frontline/overview/concepts/anchoring-and-qr-codes). Choice steps branch the flow so operators pick the right path for the job in front of them.

* **Author in the browser** — build, organize, and publish procedures at scale from the [Procedures Portal](/frontline/procedures-portal/landing-page), with a shared [asset library](/frontline/procedures-portal/assets-media) of 3D models and media.
* **Author on the device** — place 3D models, anchor gems, and media directly in the physical space where they'll be used, on [HoloLens 2](/frontline/hololens/author/enter-author-mode) or [iPad](/frontline/ipad/author/enter-author-mode).
* **Run in the field** — operators follow AR-anchored steps hands-free, view media and 3D content per step, and [complete and sign off](/frontline/hololens/operate/complete-and-sign-off) when done.

### Remote Expert

Live, see-what-I-see assistance built on Microsoft Teams — experts join from the Teams client they already use, no new app to install.

* Workers **search and invite** an available expert or **join a scheduled Teams meeting** straight from the device.
* Experts add the **Altoura Remote Expert** app to the meeting to draw annotations that appear anchored in the worker's physical space, and to share PDFs and `.glb` 3D models to the device mid-call.
* See [How Remote Expert Works](/frontline/remote-expert/how-it-works) for the full story.

### Enterprise-ready administration

Single-tenant Entra ID integration, SSO, [PIN pairing for shared devices](/frontline/procedures-portal/device-pairing), tenant-wide Teams app deployment, and a documented [IT-admin onboarding path](/frontline/administration/remote-expert-it-admin/overview-and-prerequisites).

### Where each capability lives

| Capability                                 | HoloLens 2 | iPad | Procedures Portal (Web) | Microsoft Teams |
| ------------------------------------------ | :--------: | :--: | :---------------------: | :-------------: |
| Run procedures in AR                       |     Yes    |  Yes | Preview only (Run Mode) |        —        |
| Author procedures on-device                |     Yes    |  Yes |            —            |        —        |
| Author, publish & manage content           |      —     |   —  |           Yes           |        —        |
| Join a Remote Expert call (field worker)   |     Yes    |  Yes |            —            |        —        |
| Deliver annotations & share files (expert) |      —     |   —  |            —            |       Yes       |

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## How this documentation is organized

| Tab                   | What you'll find                                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Overview**          | Product story, core concepts, glossary, platforms, architecture, role-based onboarding, and administration guides. |
| **Procedures Portal** | Web-based authoring, publishing, and management of procedures — plus device pairing.                               |
| **HoloLens**          | The head-mounted experience — get started, operate procedures, author in the space, get help, and reference.       |
| **iPad**              | The handheld experience — get started, operate, author, and call an expert from iPadOS.                            |
| **Remote Expert**     | The expert-side experience in Microsoft Teams — joining sessions, annotating, and sharing files.                   |
| **Release Notes**     | What changed in each release of Altoura Frontline.                                                                 |

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## Explore

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  <Card title="Choose Your Path" icon="route" href="/frontline/overview/choose-your-path">
    Role-based first-day checklists for operators, authors, remote experts, and IT admins.
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  <Card title="Core Concepts" icon="lightbulb" href="/frontline/overview/concepts/procedures-tasks-steps">
    Procedures, tasks & steps; author vs. operator; anchoring & QR codes; how content flows.
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  <Card title="Platforms & Devices" icon="tablet-screen-button" href="/frontline/overview/platforms">
    Where Altoura Frontline runs today — HoloLens 2, iPad, the web portal, and Teams.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Architecture Overview" icon="diagram-project" href="/frontline/overview/architecture">
    How the device apps, Procedures Portal, Remote Expert backend, and Teams plugin fit together.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  Next: jump to [Choose Your Path](/frontline/overview/choose-your-path) to find the first-day checklist that matches your role.
</Tip>