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# ViewModels as resources

There scenarios in which it could be handly to have the current View ViewModel being registered also as a View resource. ViewModels can be exposed as a View resource via the `ExposeViewModelAsStaticResource` [runtime convention](/release-2/presentation/conventions/runtime-conventions.md). The default behavior is that ViewModels are never exposed as resources.

It's possible to change the way resource keys are generated for exposed ViewModels via the `GenerateViewModelStaticResourceKey` [convention](/release-2/presentation/conventions/runtime-conventions.md)