The Share feature lets you share your own environments and end user environments with other project members for collaboration. You can let other project members modify environments, take snapshots, create new environments based on yours, or simply view your environment.
Each project member can share the member's own environment or an end user environment with:
- All project members
- Specific project members by explicitly assigning contributors to their environment.
We support two types of contributor modes:
- Basic - Can see the environments shared with them, power on/off the environment, and remotely access the environment's VMs (RDP, Console, SSH).
- Advanced (can only be set by Project Manager or Team Manager roles) - Includes all privileges of basic mode. Can also take snapshots, invite other contributors to the environment, and view other contributors.
Assigning Contributors
1. Go to the environment page of the environment you want to share, and click the Share button.
2. Select All project members to share the environment with all project members, or select Specific members of the project to explicitly share the environment with one or more project members.
Start typing the email address of the project users you want to share the environment with, and select the auto-complete options that appear below.
Note: In order to assign a project user, the user must be an active project member.
3. Select contributor mode - Project Managers and Team Managers can select between Basic and Advanced contributor modes (as explained earlier in this article).
4. You can send a default email notification to the users with whom the environment has been shared or customize the email message.
5. Click Assign contributor to save the environment sharing settings.
6. You can unassign a project user by clicking the Share button and the x icon to the right of the user, and clicking the Done button.
Accessing an Environment as a Contributor
1. To see/access environments shared with you, mouse over the Environments List tab and select Environments Shared With Me.
2. Click the environment name or the Details link to go to the environment page. As a contributor, you can power on/off an environment, and access the environment's VMs (RDP, Console, SSH).