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How to Enable Self-Service Users to Share Resources in VMM
Updated: January 15, 2013
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager
Use the following procedures if you are an administrator and you want to enable resource sharing between self-service user roles in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). For a list of other procedures related to configuring self-service, see Configuring Self-Service in VMM.
If you are a self-service user, see How to Share Resources as a Self-Service User in VMM.
In VMM, a member of a self-service user role can share the resources that she owns with other members of her self-service user role, with another self-service user role, or with an individual member of another self-service user role. For example, a member of an Application Developers self-service user role might share his service template with an Application Testers self-service user role for pre-production testing.
To share a resource with a member of another self-service user role, the following conditions must be met:
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The self-service user who shares the resource must be the owner of the resource.
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The resource owner must belong to a self-service user role that has been assigned the Share action.
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The resource receiver must belong to a self-service user role that has been assigned the Receive action.
To enable self-service user roles to share resources
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Open the Settings workspace.
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In the Settings pane, expand Security, and click User Roles.
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In the User Roles pane, click the self-service user role for which you want to enable the sharing of resources.
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On the Home tab, in the User Role group, click Properties.
The user role Properties dialog box opens.
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On the Actions tab, select Share, and then click OK.
Members of this self-service user role can now share their own resources with members of any self-service user role that has the Receive action assigned to it. Now, configure the other self-service user role to receive resources.
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Open the properties of the other self-service user role. (In the User Roles pane, right-click the user role and click Properties.)
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On the Actions tab, select Receive, and then click OK.
See Also
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For additional resources, see Information and Support for System Center 2012.
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