# Configure Code Workspaces compute profiles

Code Workspaces compute profiles let resource administrators standardize and limit the compute (CPU and memory) that [code workspaces](../../code-workspaces/overview/index.md) can use across an enrollment. You configure compute profiles from the **Code Workspaces** settings in [Control Panel](../control-panel/index.md).

By default, compute profile management for code workspaces is disabled: when creating or configuring a workspace, a user can select CPU and memory up to the maximum available in the [resource queue](../../resource-management/resource-queues/index.md) backing their project. When you turn on **Compute profile management for Code Workspaces**, the compute available to a workspace is instead determined by the compute profiles imported into its project. Managing profiles helps you standardize compute and control usage costs.

## Enable compute profile management

1. In [Control Panel](../control-panel/index.md), select the **Code Workspaces** settings for your enrollment.
2. Turn on **Compute profile management for Code Workspaces**.
3. Choose the **Default importable compute profile**. Every user in the enrollment can import this profile into their projects when creating or configuring a code workspace. The default `Medium` profile (up to 2 CPUs and 16 GB of memory) works for most lightweight code execution.
4. Save your changes.

![The Code Workspaces settings in Control Panel, showing the Compute profile management for Code Workspaces toggle turned on and the Default importable compute profile dropdown menu.](../../../assets/48936945466fa9e51270197e9be2e3b62fda09b892a503f54705e691a3d53f7b.webp)

*Turn on compute profile management and choose the default importable compute profile for the enrollment.*

## How compute profiles affect users

In a managed enrollment, users choose compute in two steps in the **Advanced configuration** section of the **Configure and save** dialog. The user first selects a compute profile, then allocates compute from within that profile.

![The Configure and save dialog for a code workspace in a managed enrollment, showing the Imported compute profile in project dropdown menu above the Compute allocation for workspace slider.](../../../assets/ff2ef8c9ed7753f81e36bb4b2766c81b9a6b63619e72d01c90fdffc642be0961.webp)

*In a managed enrollment, the imported compute profile gates the Compute allocation for workspace slider.*

### Select a compute profile

The **Imported compute profile in project** dropdown menu sets the maximum compute available to the workspace. From the dropdown menu, the user can select:

* The largest profile already imported into the project. This profile is always selectable, because every code workspace in the project can use it.
* A larger profile that the user has permission to import. Users who are not resource administrators can import only the **Default importable compute profile**.

### Allocate compute for the workspace

The **Compute allocation for workspace** slider sits below the dropdown menu and allocates a subset of the selected profile. It cannot exceed the profile chosen above, and compute remains bounded by the maximum available in the project's [resource queue](../../resource-management/resource-queues/index.md).

## Grant larger compute for a project

To give a project more compute than the enrollment default, a resource administrator can import a larger profile into that project. Every code workspace in the project can then use compute up to that profile, regardless of who imported it. Review [resource queues](../../resource-management/resource-queues/index.md) to understand the maximum compute available to a project.

## Remove a compute profile from a project

To stop a project from using an imported profile:

1. Open the project's **References** section, then select **External references**.
2. Select the profile import you want to remove.
3. Select **Remove reference** in the top right corner.

Learn more about [project references](../../compass/use-project-navigation-panel/index.md).

## Permissions

Turning on compute profile management, choosing the **Default importable compute profile**, and importing larger profiles into projects require the **Resource management administrator** role on the enrollment. See [Configure access](../../resource-management/configure-access/index.md) to learn how enrollment resource-management roles are granted.