# Resources in AWS Control Tower
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+ For general information about resource ownership in AWS Control Tower, see [Overview of managing access permissions to your AWS Control Tower resources](access-control-overview.md).
+ For information about resources that AWS Control Tower creates in the shared accounts, see [About the shared accounts](special-accounts.md).
+ For information about resources that AWS Control Tower creates when it provisions an account through Account Factory, see [Resource Considerations for Account Factory](account-factory-considerations.md).
+ To view details about the AWS resource types that are defined by AWS Control Tower, for use with [the AWS Control Tower APIs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.html), see the [AWS Control Tower resource type reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/AWS_ControlTower.html) in the *AWS CloudFormation User Guide*.