Patent ID: 8495197

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing access to a computing environment, comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, enabling a first user to obtain an amount of dedicated capacity of each of a plurality of types of electronic resource for at least a period of time from an electronic resource provider; enabling the first user to create a resource pool including the amount of dedicated capacity of each of the plurality of types of electronic resource; enabling the first user to specify a set of configuration parameters for the plurality of types of electronic resource to create a computing environment for supporting at least one type of computing operation; and enabling the first user to sub-let the resource pool to a specified user for a lease period, wherein the specified user is able to obtain dedicated access to the computing environment for the lease period without having to separately obtain access to the plurality of types of resource and specify the set of configuration parameters to create the computing environment, and wherein control over the computing environment reverts to the resource pool at an end of the lease period.