Working with Organization Virtual Data Center Templates in VMware Cloud Director

As an organization administrator or any role that has rights to view and instantiate organization virtual data center (VDC) templates, you can create additional organization VDCs using the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal.

An organization VDC template specifies a configuration for an organization VDC and, optionally, an Edge Gateway, and organization VDC network. System administrators can enable organization administrators to create these resources in their organizations by creating organization VDC templates and sharing them with those organizations.

By creating and sharing VDC templates, system administrators enable self-service provisioning of organization VDCs while retaining administrative control over allocation of system resources, such as provider VDCs and external networks.

System administrators create organization VDC templates and provide different organizations with access to the templates.

If your organization has been provided with access to VDC templates, you can use the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal to create VDCs from the available templates.