[The initial Service Selection Process](https://www.hifis.net/doc/service-portfolio/initial-service-portfolio/how-services-are-selected/) has been worked out to efficiently identify the services which fulfill the selection criteria best and which should consequently be integrated into Helmholtz cloud first.
The initial Service Selection Process(https://www.hifis.net/doc/service-portfolio/initial-service-portfolio/how-services-are-selected/) has been worked out to efficiently identify the services which fulfill the selection criteria best and which should consequently be integrated into Helmholtz cloud first.
At the end of this process, [38 services offered by nine Helmholtz Centers]( https://www.hifis.net/doc/service-portfolio/initial-service-portfolio/how-services-are-selected/#selected-services-for-initial-helmholtz-cloud-service-portfolio) were selected. Considering that some services are provided by several centers, the initial service portfolio includes 21 different services.