# Management type

It is possible to manage peripherals either unitary or globally.

**Unitary** management corresponds to one peripheral per computer while **global** management make the peripheral a virtual global element that will be connected to several computers.

Global management allows to limit the number of elements to manage when these elements are not a strategic data in the assets management.

It is not natively possible to add a management type.

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