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As a group manager: Registration of a Group / Virtual Organisation (VO)

Check if you need a VO

You may need a so-called “Virtual Organisation” (VO), if you

  • want to manage multiple users, in hierarchical groups, for multiple services, and/or
  • want to include users outside of Helmholtz.

This comes with a bit of overhead. Simple shares via links etc. may be more handy, depending on your use case.

Preconditions

In order to request and register a new VO, you need to fulfil some conditions:

  • You and a secondary manager must be employees of a Helmholtz institution.
  • For VO manager(s), multi-factor authentication (MFA) is mandatory. See here on how to enable this for you.
  • Management rights can also be further delegated or distributed within the group, where needed.
  • You must comply with the AAI policies and related duties of VO Management.

Request your VO

After submission, we will get in touch with you, while setting up the VO or if something is missing.

Go ahead with managing your new VO.

Further information

See here on further information on VOs.