# Properties

On the **General** page, specify the following options:

* **Template name:** Choose and type a template name.
* **Clone method:** Whether to create linked or full clones. A full clone is a complete copy of a template. As such, it occupies as much space on the physical hard drive as the source template and takes a significant time to create. A linked clone is a copy of a template made from a snapshot that shares virtual disk with the source template, therefore it takes much less space on the physical hard drive and it takes only a couple of minutes to create.

  You should use full clones if your application and OS updates are too slow (full clones take longer to create, but they provide the best possible performance). Otherwise if your updates are fast enough, use linked clones as it takes much less time to create them.

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**Note:** If the **Create a linked clone** option is grayed out, it means that the current version or Parallels RAS does not support linked clones with the Provider that you are using. At the time of this writing, support for linked clones is available for VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, SC//HyperCore, and Nutanix AHV (AOS).
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* (Microsoft Azure only) **Availability set**: Select a Microsoft Azure availability set.
