# Getting started in the US region

The SonarQube Cloud US instance is now available at [sonarqube.us](http://sonarqube.us). We refer to the existing instance ([sonarcloud.io](https://sonarcloud.io/login)), which hosts data in the EU region, as the SonarQube Cloud EU instance.

When users sign up for the SonarQube Cloud US instance, their account is created in the US region. For more information, see [signing-in](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-account/signing-in "mention").

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[sonarqube.us](http://sonarqube.us) is currently available via Enterprise request. If you think you should have access, please contact your SonarQube Cloud administrator.
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## Limitations

You currently cannot share or move data between the SonarQube Cloud EU and US instances.

The Slack integration is currently not supported in the SonarQube Cloud US instance.

## Prerequisites

To be able to analyze your projects in the US region, you must use at least the following scanner version:

* SonarScanner for Maven: 5.1
* SonarScanner for Gradle: 6.1
* SonarScanner for .NET: 10.2
* SonarScanner for NPM: 4.3
* SonarScanner CLI: 7.1
* SonarScanner CLI Docker image: 11.3
* SonarQube Scan GitHub Action: 5.1.0
* SonarCloud Scan Bitbucket Pipe: 4.1
* Azure DevOps extension for SonarQube Cloud: 3.2

If you use CircleCI with our Orb in the US region, use at least Orb version 3.0.

## Configuring your scanner for the US region

If you use the Azure DevOps Extension, you select the US region when adding the SonarQube service connection to Azure Pipelines. For more information, see [#adding-sonarqube-service-connection](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/analyzing-source-code/ci-based-analysis/azure-pipelines/setting-up-project-integration#adding-sonarqube-service-connection "mention").

For all other scanners, the `sonar.region` analysis parameter determines if a project is hosted in the US region. This parameter defaults to the EU region. For more information about this parameter, see [#server-connection](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/analyzing-source-code/analysis-parameters/parameters-not-settable-in-ui#server-connection "mention"). For general guidelines to set your analysis parameters, see [configuration-overview](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/analyzing-source-code/analysis-parameters/configuration-overview "mention").

## Connecting SonarQube for IDE to the US instance

[SonarQube for IDE](https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/ide/) is a free IDE extension that integrates with SonarQube Cloud using connected mode.

To connect your IDE to the SonarQube Cloud's US instance, see:

* VS Code: [Connected mode setup](https://app.gitbook.com/s/6LPRABg3ubAJhpfR5K0Y/connect-your-ide/setup "mention")
* Intellij: [Connected mode setup](https://app.gitbook.com/s/NvI4wotPmITyM0mnsmtp/connect-your-ide/setup "mention")
* Visual Studio: [Connected mode setup](https://app.gitbook.com/s/5CSDwdOaYoOAGYNiRqgl/connect-your-ide/setup "mention")
* Eclipse: [Connected mode setup](https://app.gitbook.com/s/kadXEH8HkykK7lKaDvVq/connect-your-ide/setup "mention")

## Connecting your MCP server to your instance

You can connect your local MCP server to the SonarQube Cloud’s US instance. See [Configure your SonarQube MCP server #Connecting to SonarQube Cloud in the US region](https://app.gitbook.com/s/xNksbUaDXyfRoTpHP0vQ/build-and-configure/configure#connecting-to-sonarqube-cloud-in-the-us-region "mention").

### Connecting to the embedded MCP server

When connecting to a SonarQube Cloud organization in the US region, replace the `"url"` configuration variable with `https://api.sonarqube.us/mcp`. See the [#mcp-server-in-sonarqube-cloud](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/ai-capabilities/sonarqube-mcp-server#mcp-server-in-sonarqube-cloud "mention") article for the full details.

## Using the US instance's Web API

See [web-api](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/appendices/web-api "mention").

## Networking requirements

See [networking-requirements](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/appendices/networking-requirements "mention").