User`s guide

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ServicesarethebusinessfunctionsthatITprovidestothecompany.Forexample,a
servicemightbeaninternalcompanyWebsiteoremailservice.Servicesin
Stage Managercontainconfigurations,theapplicationsthatenabletheservice.These
configurationsresideinvariousstagesoftheservicelifecycle.
Thischapterincludesthesetopics:
 “A c c e s s i n g Services”onpage 115
 “ReviewingServiceOperations”onpage 116
Accessing Services
UsetheServiceslinkintheleftpanetoaccesstheServicespage.Servicesarevisibleto
Stage Manageradministrators,serviceadministratorsassignedbyStageManager
administratorstoparticularservices,andserviceusersassignedbyeitherStage
Manageradministratorsorserviceadministratorstoparticularservices.
OnlyStage Manageradministratorscansetupa
servicetemplatethatservesasthe
defaultsetupforallnewservices.See“ManagingServices”onpage 32.
Onthispage,atablepresentsthisinformation:
 ListofservicesunderStage Managermanagementthatarevisibledependingon
userroles.
 Numberofstagesthateachservicecontains
 Numberofdeployedconfigurationsandtotalnumberofconfigurationsinthe
lifecycle.
Working with Services
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