# AMS recommended tags
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AMS recommends the following tags on supported resources. Starred (\*) tags are highly recommended.

**Note**  
You can use tags to schedule patching. For information, see [AMS Advanced Patch Orchestrator: a tag-based patching model](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/userguide/patch-orchestrator.html).


**AMS recommended tags**  

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  <tr><th>Tag key</th><th>Supported values</th><th>Notes</th></tr>
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  <tr><td>`AppName`\*</td><td rowspan="3">Unconstrained.</td><td rowspan="2">Identify the applications that will reside on, or require access to, the resource. This facilitates tracking and communications between AMS and you. </td></tr>
  <tr><td>`AppId`\*</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`EnvironmentType`\*</td><td>Distinguish between development, test, and production infrastructure as the environment for the resource.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`OwnerTeamEmail`\*</td><td>Distribution list email address</td><td>Identify the distribution list email address for the team responsible for the resource. The email should not be a personal email; it must be an anonymous email like a distribution list. </td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr>
  <tr><td>`ComplianceFramework`</td><td rowspan="6">Unconstrained</td><td>Identify which controls and policies should be applied to the resource.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`CostCenter`</td><td>Identify the cost center or business unit associated with a resource (typically for cost allocation and tracking).</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`Customer`</td><td>Used by AMS customers that have resources from multiple customers (AMS sub-customers). To group resources in the managed environment into the specific customer they are serving. Identify a specific client on a particular group of resources or services.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`DataClassification`</td><td>Identify the specific data-confidentiality level a resource supports. Identify which controls and policies should be applied to the resource.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`HoursOfOperation`</td><td>Identify the date or time a resource should be started, stopped, deleted, or rotated.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`OwnerTeam`</td><td>Identify the team responsible for the resource. Facilitates communication with the team responsible for the resource.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`Patch Group`</td><td>You have two options:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/userguide/ams-tags.html)</td><td>What resources to include in an automated patching maintenance window.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`ProjectId`</td><td>Unconstrained</td><td>Identify the projects the resource supports.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>`SupportPriority`</td><td>One of six possible acronyms for Confidentiality, Integrity, or Availability; the order of the acronym is the priority. For example, I.C.A. would mean the order is Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability. Other acceptable values are C.I.A., C.A.I., I.A.C., A.C.I., and A.I.C.</td><td>Identify which type of support should be priority: Confidentiality, Integrity, or Availability.</td></tr>
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