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-All resource constructors accept an options argument that provide the following resource options:
+All Pulumi IaC resources support a common set of options that allow you to customize how your resources are managed. Resource options allow you to do things like protect resources from being deleted, express more fine-grained control to the order in which resources are changed, or apply custom code that will allow you to change the properties of your resources.
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+Resource constructors accept the following resource options:
 
 - [additionalSecretOutputs](/docs/concepts/options/additionalsecretoutputs/): specify properties that must be encrypted as secrets.
 - [aliases](/docs/concepts/options/aliases/): specify aliases for this resource, so that renaming or refactoring doesn’t replace it.