You can invite Alibaba Cloud accounts that are outside your Resource Directory to join it as members. This enables you to centrally manage all your accounts and resources.
Prerequisites
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You can invite an Alibaba Cloud account only if its enterprise real-name verification information matches that of the management account. If your organization has multiple subsidiaries with different verification information, contact your account manager for assistance.
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Ensure that the invitee does not have any invitations pending confirmation. Otherwise, you cannot invite the account again.
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Ensure that you send no more than 20 invitations per day.
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Ensure that you have no more than 20 invitations in the Pending Confirmation state.
Procedure
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Log on to the Resource Management console with a management account.
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In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
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Click Invite Member.
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In the Invite Member dialog box, enter the required information, review and select the risk notice, and then click OK.
Parameter
Description
Account ID or logon email address
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Account ID: To find an account ID, see How do I find my Alibaba Cloud account ID?.
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Logon email address: The email address that you used to register the account. If an account does not have a logon email, use its account ID.
To invite multiple accounts, enter their account IDs or logon email addresses, separated by commas.
Remarks
Enter a remark for the invitation. This helps the invitee verify the invitation's authenticity and respond faster.
Tag
Add a tag to the member for easier filtering and management.
Parent Folder
By default, the invited member is placed in the Root folder. You can click Modify to move the member to a different folder. You can also change the folder after the member accepts the invitation.
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Next steps
After receiving the invitation, the invitee can view it on the Resource Management console, by email, or through an internal message. The invitee can then review the invitation and decide whether to accept or decline it. For details on how to respond to an invitation in the Resource Management console, see Respond to an invitation.
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If you invite an account using its account ID, the system sends a confirmation email to the logon email address of the account.
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If you invite an account using its logon email address, the system sends a confirmation email to that address.
Once an invited account joins the Resource Directory, it becomes a member and is managed centrally as follows:
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By default, the invited account's original name becomes its display name and account name within the Resource Directory. The management account can change the member's display name, but not its account name.
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Resource Directory automatically creates a RAM role named ResourceDirectoryAccountAccessRole for the member. The management account assumes this role for centralized management.