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Details on deployment, installation, and update of PLA 3.0, and its initial and advanced setup.
Installation
Get an overview of the installation process and find step-by-step guidance for installing PLA 3.0 in your environment.

Get started
Explore PLA 3.0, its key features and ongoing enhancements, and learn how to log in and register.
Key concepts
Learn how the key concepts of PLA 3.0 form the structural foundation for your daily work, supporting method development from initial design to routine production.
Data analysis
Data analysis add-ons offer a wide range of capabilities, ranging from analytical methods over comprehensive analysis to assay workflows and statistical process control.
Data import
Use data acquisition and data import add-ons to import external response values and observation data into PLA 3.0 for further processing and evaluation.
User interface
PLA 3.0 supports you in your daily work by providing a set of graphical and textual user interface elements. Learn about the different elements and how to use them efficiently.
Installation and update
Details on deployment, installation, and update of PLA 3.0, and its initial and advanced setup.
- Before you begin
  Review essential information and prerequisites to help you plan and prepare your PLA 3.0 installation or update.
- Common deployment scenarios
  You can deploy the licensed version of PLA 3.0 in a variety of scenarios, depending on your system environment and licensing option.
- Installation
  Get an overview of the installation process and find step-by-step guidance for installing PLA 3.0 in your environment.
  - Installation overview
    Get an overview of the main steps required to install PLA 3.0.
  - Step-by-step installation
    Find detailed descriptions of the tasks required to install PLA 3.0 in your environment.
- Update and migration
  Get an overview of the update process and find step-by-step guidance for updating to the latest PLA 3.0 version. Learn how to migrate your PLA 2.x assay data and how to migrate PLA 3.0 to another system.
- Advanced setup
  Reduce maintenance efforts by setting global properties that can be used by several computers running PLA 3.0.
Licensing
Details on the licensing solution of PLA 3.0, the available licensing options, and the activation and management of licenses.
Administration
Details on system administration tasks such as setup and maintenance of databases and add-ons, user accounts, access rights, and migration and update procedures.
Regulatory compliance
PLA 3.0 supports you in achieving compliance with regulations such as ISPE GAMP^® 5 and 21 CFR Part 11. It also provides options to validate PLA 3.0 in your environment.
PDF downloads
Download PDF guides of current and previous framework and add-on versions.
Sample lab
Meet the team at Stegmann Labs, where PLA 3.0 plays an essential role in every step of bioassay management.
Glossary
Find definitions of terms.

Installation

Get an overview of the installation process and find step-by-step guidance for installing PLA 3.0 in your environment.