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# Inheritance

Inheritance lets lower-level entries automatically receive properties from a parent, reducing duplication and easing maintenance.

In Remote Desktop Manager, you can inherit credentials, VPN settings, and descriptive fields via child-level variables; this keeps configurations consistent across many entries. Inheritance also persists when using synchronizers to bring external data into a vault. To update many items faster, pair inheritance with templates and batch operations.

#### Related topics

* [Batch operations](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/concepts/intermediate-concepts/batch-operations/)
* [Inheritance in Remote Desktop Manager](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/kb/knowledge-base/inheritance/)
* [Managing credentials](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/getting-started/managing-credentials/)
* [Entry credentials options](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/commands/edit/entry-credentials-options/)
* [Templates](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/concepts/intermediate-concepts/templates/)

#### See also

* [Batch edit in Remote Desktop Manager](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/commands/edit/batch-edit/#entryfolder-selection)
* [Devolutions Academy – Comparing inheritance, batch edit, and batch operations using templates](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/activity/2815880-comparing-inheritance-batch-edit-and-batch-operations-using-templates)
* [Devolutions Academy - Understanding Inheritance](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/path/1916054/activity/2667045)
* [Devolutions Academy - Understanding inheritance on folders and entries](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/page/3266647-understanding-inheritance-on-folders-and-entries?curriculum_activity_id=5108633\&path_id=3266571\&sid=91223de6-2b21-4a1b-b92f-5159e2ae186a\&sid_i=0)


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