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The Cloud Management platform (CMP) is the main consumption portal for the SDDC. You use vRealize Automation to author, administer, and consume VM templates and blueprints. As an integral component of VCF, vRealize Automation provides a unified service catalog that gives IT or end-users the ability to select and execute requests to instantiate specific services.