One issue to consider when creating virtual services is the issue of ownership. When you create a virtual service, CentraSite automatically adds the virtual service to your organization (even if the native service itself belongs to another organization). You cannot explicitly specify the organization to which you want the virtual service added.

The issue of ownership is important with respect to virtual services, because it determines which run-time policies are applied to the virtual service when it is deployed. If the native service belongs to another organization, the existing run-time policies for your organization might or might not be appropriate for it.

When you define the general process that your site will follow to create and deploy virtual services (that is, when you determine who will create a virtual service, who will configure a virtual service, and who will deploy a virtual service), keep in mind that CentraSite always adds a virtual service to the organization of the user who creates it. Make sure that whatever process you adopt for creating virtual services places a virtual service in the appropriate organization.