Starting at the beginning?

I’ve used Mattermost (and love it) but I’ve never had to set it up before. Can we start at the beginning:

Do I need to stand up my own server to get this to work?
I really just want to be able to show my small group that it works well, but I don’t know how to connect it to anything. I have no server to type in - so what do I do?

Thanks!

Hi @Kbelli, we have a demo available as an option: https://mattermost.com/demo/.