Platform Orientation

Last Updated: December 12, 2025

Welcome

Welcome to Platform Orientation! This orientation will point your teams and team members in the right direction to ensure you have the knowledge and tools necessary to successfully build products for VA.gov.

To get started, watch the VA.gov Overview video on this page, then check out the next steps.

View the next steps on the Guidance for new teams and team members page

In this video, former OCTO-DE Platform lead Rachael Roueche provides a brief overview of the VA.gov platform.

View the VA.gov overview video on youtube

Video was recorded in November, 2021. Architectural elements of VA.gov may have changed since the video was recorded.

Next Steps

Our Platform Orientation process consists of both administrative and educational tasks, and the requirements differ for new VFS teams and individual VFS team members.

Get started by learning more about the tasks included in Platform Orientation

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