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1. Delete unused VMs
   Regularly review your Virtual Machines, and delete unused ones. Note that switched off VMs will still be counted, in both your quota and your consumption. If a VM is only needed for a fixed period of time, set a reminder to delete it.
2. Keep eye on budget vs. consumption
   Regularly look at your EWC Accounting Dashboard to ensure you're spending your allowance at the right speed. Your resource allowance is per year and is not a hard limit, so it's fine to spend more one month and less the next month. 
3. Be aware of your quotas
   The quotas on the other hand are technical limits, so they will block you from using more resource. They are default limits for the number of VMs, the amount of RAM, etc. But they are primarily implemented to prevent you from using too much by mistake. Ask support to increase a quota if you need it.

Communications

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The tenant administrator is the primary point of contact from EWC support and the corresponding Computing Representative, and should act as a bridge to the rest of the tenancy users. As tenant administrator, you may be contacted by the Computing Representative or EWC support to discuss any matters relevant to your tenancy. At the same time, you should make sure all the users in the tenancy are kept informed about relevant news, important updates, and events that may be of their interest. It is also very important to make sure their contact details are up to date.

User management

1. Review

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1. active users and their permissions
   You must ensure that only those users that require access to the tenancy have an active account, and review periodically their level of access and permissions. Any users that leave the project or organisation, or who do not require access any longer, should be disabled or deleted. This way you help keep your tenancy secure. That applies both to the access to the EWC portals to manage the infrastructure and resources, as well as to the resources such as Virtual Machines.

2. Identity provider integration
   You may choose to integrate your own organisation identity provider into the Morpheus portal to simplify the management of the tenancy users. If so, you 

3. User provision in the virtual resources
   You may choose the best strategy for your use case when it comes to user account manatement in the virtual Machines of the tenancy. Morpheus Linux Users or Local users in VMs and LDAP users serve specific purposes and require different account creation methods. Local users are local to the VMs and they do not exists in the other VMs. If you need to add others users, they need to be created manually using linux commands. LDAP users instead realy on a central user management VM that creates LDAP users in all VMs in your tenancy, therefore this type of users exists in all VMs and can access all of them by default (RBAC and policies can be added in order to reduce access or privilegies on certain machines)
   

Computing Representatives

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Note: The model selected can be modified under request.

Resource management

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1. Assign the appropriate budget to new tenancies
   When a new tenancy is created, it is important to estimate the amount of resources they may require and allocate the appropriate budget for them. It is a good idea to make sure 
2. Keep eye on budget vs. consumption

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1. of the different tenancies
   Regularly look at your EWC Accounting Dashboard to ensure all tenancies are spending their allowance at the right speed. Resource allowance is per year and is not a hard limit, so it's fine to spend more one month and less the next month. 
2. Review distribution of your national resource budget
   Resource needs may vary throughout a year, if new tenancies are created or certain projects are discontinued or have a sudden change of resource requirements. You may need to amend how your national budget is distributed amongst your tenancies throughout the year. Get in touch with EWC support to make any changes.
3. Periodically review active tenancies
   Review existing tenancies and request their decommissioning if they are no longer in use or required.

Communications

The Computing Representative is the primary point of contact from EWC support for the Member or Cooperating state. As Computing Representative, you will keep your communication channels open between EWC support and the different tenant administrators. At the same time, you should make sure all users within your country are kept informed about relevant news, important updates, and events that may be of their interest. It is also very important to make sure every tenancy has got an active tenancy administrator and their contact details are up to date.

User management

• Identity provider integration
• Local users in VMs vs. LDAP → Morpheus Linux Users or Local users in VMs and LDAP users serve specific purposes and require different account creation methods. Local users are local to the VMs and they do not exists in the other VMs. If you need to add others users, they need to be created manually using linux commands. LDAP users instead realy on a central user management VM that creates LDAP users in all VMs in your tenancy, therefore this type of users exists in all VMs and can access all of them by default (RBAC and policies can be added in order to reduce access or privilegies on certain machines)

Communications

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