# What are the benefits of using the Particle Cloud and how does it work?

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**Category:** Cloud\
**Created:** [July 28, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-the-particle-cloud-and-how-does-it-work/13892 "2015-07-28T19:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![MisterNetwork](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/misternetwork/32/2880_2.png) [@MisterNetwork](https://community.particle.io/u/MisterNetwork)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-the-particle-cloud-and-how-does-it-work/13892/2 "2015-07-28T19:35:35Z")

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> [@Tutorial: Local Cloud 1st Time instructions \[01 Oct 15\]](https://community.particle.io/t/tutorial-local-cloud-1st-time-instructions-20-march-15/5589):
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> This will guide you through on how to Setup the Local cloud and use it with Particle-CLI after a successful installation. Before you proceed, make sure you fired up particle-server successfully at least once. We will need the server public keys generated on 1st run later. \*\*NOTE: \*\* This will point the Particle-CLI to the local cloud and you will not be able to use features available on the spark cloud 1.) We will now create a new server profile on Particle-CLI using the command: part…

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