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# Resource Access Manager

RAM

> Share AWS resouces with other AWS account

* Share with any AWS account or those within your Org.
* Avoice resouce duplication
* VPC subnet (most common)
  * Account1 owns EC2 and ELB which cannot be modified by Account2 or owner
  * But network is shared, so they can talk to each other. ![](https://rxhl.notion.site/image/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fsecure.notion-static.com%2F8b6481b3-e2ad-4576-86f0-233f53c52558%2FScreen_Shot_2020-09-13_at_2.00.03_PM.png?table=block\&id=e1219b28-7333-422e-bdcd-03c3854847d4\&spaceId=b3a9e1c5-c540-47ac-82b3-9b6937f151ed\&width=1250\&userId=\&cache=v2)

## Use cases

* Manage resources centrally in a `multi-account` environment.
* Increase efficiency, decrease costs