This topic describes the release notes for Resource Management and provides links to the relevant references.
March 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Meta Center (RMC) | The ListResourceRelationships API operation is added to query the resources that are associated with a specified resource. | 2022-03 | All regions | ListResourceRelationships |
The resources returned by the SearchResources API operation can be sorted based on the creation time of the resources. | 2022-03 | All regions | SearchResources |
February 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Group | Tags can be added to resource groups. | 2022-02 | All regions |
January 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Sharing | Templates in Resource Orchestration Service (ROS) can be shared by using the Resource Sharing service. | 2022-01 | All regions | Resource Sharing overview |
Resource Group | The application group feature provided by CloudMonitor is integrated with the Resource Group service. | 2022-01 | All regions | Create an application group from a resource group |
createdby tags | createdby tags are supported by more types of resources.
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2022-01 | All regions | Alibaba Cloud services that support createdby tags |
December 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Enabling of a resource directory | The process of enabling a resource directory is optimized. A new account can be created to enable a resource directory and used as the management account of the resource directory. | 2021-12 | All regions | Enable a resource directory |
Member management for Resource Directory | Mobile phone numbers can be bound to resource accounts for security purposes. The mobile phone numbers are used to verify the identities of users who access resource accounts and receive notifications from some cloud services. | 2021-12 | All regions | Bind a mobile phone number to a resource account |
The feature for switching a member type is optimized in the following aspects:
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The process of accepting an invitation to join a resource directory is optimized in the following aspects: Only invitees that pass enterprise real-name verification are allowed to accept invitations, and the user interface provided in the Resource Management console is more user-friendly. | Process an invitation | |||
Resource Group | Resource groups are supported by more Alibaba Cloud services:
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2021-12 | All regions | Alibaba Cloud services that support resource groups |
The search feature is supported for resources that you want to move to a resource group when you move the resources across resource groups. | Transfer resources to a resource group | |||
Tag | createdby tags are changed in the following aspects:
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2021-12 | All regions | Overview |
A public template for tag inheritance is provided in the OOS console. You can use the template to enable multiple resources related to an ECS instance to inherit the tags added to the ECS instance. The resources are disk, elastic network interface (ENI), snapshot, and elastic IP address (EIP). | Use OOS to inherit tags from ECS instances at a time |
November 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Group | Resource search in resource groups is optimized. You can search for resources by resource name, IP address, or tag. | 2021-11 | All regions | Search for resources in a resource group |
Resource search across resource groups is supported. You can search for resources across resource groups by resource ID, resource name, IP address, or tag. | Query resources that belong to different resource groups | |||
The ListResourceGroups API operation can be used to query a resource group by the ID, identifier, or display name of the resource group. | ListResourceGroups | |||
A resource list can be exported on the My Resource page of the Resource Management console. | Export resources in different resource groups | |||
RMC | More Alibaba Cloud services and resources are supported. A total of 17 types of Alibaba Cloud services and 25 types of resources are supported. | 2021-11 | All regions | Resource types that support RMC |
The SearchResources API operation is added to query the resources that can be accessed within the current account. | SearchResources | |||
createdby tags | createdby tags are a type of system tag that is generated by Alibaba Cloud and automatically added to resources. This type of tag is used to identify the creators of resources. createdby tags can help you analyze costs and bills and manage the costs of cloud resources in an efficient manner. 21 Alibaba Cloud services support createdby tags. | 2021-11 | All regions | Overview |
Resource Sharing | Resource sharing within a resource directory is supported. You can share your resources with all members in your resource directory, all members in a specific folder in your resource directory, or a specific member in your resource directory only after you enable resource sharing. | 2021-11 | All regions | Enable resource sharing |
October 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Trusted services for Resource Directory | The trusted service Security Center that supports delegated administrator accounts is supported. | 2021-10 | All regions | Supported trusted services |
Resource Group | The API operation that is used to move multiple resources to a resource group at a time is supported. The API operation provided by the Resource Group service allows you to move multiple resources that reside in different regions or belong to different services or resource groups to the same resource group at a time. | 2021-10 | All regions | MoveResources |
September 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Trusted services for Resource Directory | The following trusted services are supported:
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2021-09 | All regions | Supported trusted services |
The trusted service ActionTrail that supports delegated administrator accounts is supported. | ||||
Preset tags | Preset tags are visible in all Alibaba Cloud regions. | 2021-09 | All regions | |
The following method used to create a preset tag is supported: Use an Excel file to import a preset tag. | ||||
The resources to which a preset tag is added can be exported as a CSV file. | ||||
Custom tags | The resources to which a custom tag is added can be exported as a CSV file. | 2021-09 | All regions | Export resources to which a custom tag is added in a resource group |
August 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Trusted services for Resource Directory | The trusted service CloudSSO is supported. | 2021-08 | China (Shanghai) and US (Silicon Valley) | Supported trusted services |
Resource Group | The resource group deletion feature is optimized in the following aspects:
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2021-08 | All regions | Delete a resource group |
All resources in a resource group can be exported as a CSV file. | 2021-08 | All regions | Export resources in a resource group |
May 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Trusted services for Resource Directory | The trusted service Dynamic Route for CDN (DCDN) is supported. | 2021-05 | All regions | Supported trusted services |
April 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Trusted services for Resource Directory | Trusted services refer to the Alibaba Cloud services that are integrated with the Resource Directory service. You can use the management account of your resource directory to complete management tasks in trusted services based on the resource directory. This simplifies the unified management of cloud services. | 2021-04 | All regions | Overview |
The management account of a resource directory can be used to specify a member in the resource directory as a delegated administrator account of a trusted service. After a member is specified as a delegated administrator account of a trusted service, the member can be used to access the information of the resource directory in the trusted service. The information includes the structure and members of the resource directory. The member can also be used to manage business within the resource directory. | 2021-04 | All regions | Manage a delegated administrator account | |
The following trusted services are supported:
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2021-04 | All regions | Supported trusted services |
March 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Control Policy for Resource Directory | The Control Policy feature provided by the Resource Directory service allows you to manage the permission boundaries of the folders or members in a resource directory in a centralized manner. This feature is implemented based on the resource directory. You can use this feature to develop common or dedicated rules for access control. The Control Policy feature does not grant permissions but only defines permission boundaries. Before you use an account that is a member of your resource directory to access resources, you must grant the required permissions to the account by using the Resource Access Management (RAM) service. | 2021-03 | All regions | Overview |
Member management for Resource Directory | The member management for Resource Directory is optimized in the following aspects:
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2021-03 | All regions |
December 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Sharing | Resource Sharing allows you to share the resources of your account with other accounts. | 2020-12 | All regions | Resource Sharing overview |
November 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Account invitation for Resource Directory | You can invite Alibaba Cloud accounts to join your resource directory for centralized management. | 2019-11 | All regions | Invite an Alibaba Cloud account to join a resource directory |
September 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Directory | Resource Directory allows you to quickly create an organizational structure for resources based on your business or business ecosystem. You can add the accounts used by your enterprise to the structure to form a hierarchy for the accounts and resources. | 2019-09 | All regions | Enable a resource directory |
May 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
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Resource Group | Resource Group allows you to sort resources owned by your Alibaba Cloud account. This simplifies the resource and permission management of your Alibaba Cloud account. | 2019-05 | All regions | Create a resource group |