# Zoho

Zoho Books is an online accounting software designed for small to medium-sized businesses to manage their finances, automate workflows, and stay tax-compliant — all in one place.

## Overview

The Zoho CRM empowers businesses by enabling them to reach customers across a variety of channels, get notified of new interactions, and measure the effectiveness of such interactions.

## Authentication

Add the Zoho connector to your relevant workflow and hit the 'New Authentication' button found in the input panel:
![add-auth](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/zoho/f3909180-550b03d3_../../../../../images/add-auth.png)
In the next window, name your authentication and check the scopes that you require.

> **Warning:** **IMPORTANT!**: All of the scopes that work with this particular connector begin with**ZohoCRM**. The 'Desk' scopes are for the Zoho Desk connector and should NOT be used.

![zoho-scopes](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/zoho/f3909180-abdf26dd_zoho-scopes.png)
Once you have done this, click the 'Add authentication' button. A pop-up window will then appear asking you to sign in to Zoho:
![zoho-sign-in](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/zoho/f3909180-cab8bde6_zoho-sign-in.png)
You will then be asked to confirm that you want to allow Tray to access the scopes you selected:
![zoho-authorise-scopes](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/zoho/f3909180-4d7f4903_zoho-authorise-scopes.png)
If you are happy with this, click 'Accept'. The pop-up window will close and you will be ready to use the Zoho connector.

> **Info:** **PLEASE NOTE**: Any authentications you created for the **Zoho Desk** connector can also workwith this connector, as long as the correct scopes are selected.