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vRealize Automation is the main consumption portal for the VMware Cloud and beyond. You use vRealize Automation to author, administer, and consume application 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 perform requests to instantiate specific services.