the present invention relates to the field of provisioning of electronic computing resources via a network to a client , and in particular to a method for automatically selecting resources in for application environments consisting of a multitude of resources , wherein a resource managing component is provided for associating specific , selected resource combinations to the application environment , wherein a list of qualifying working combinations of the resource combinations is maintained . in order to improve provisioning , it is proposed to automatically generate combinations of resources , wherein respective search algorithms look for new resources within a pool of free resources , assemble a combination of resources which fulfil a set of predetermined rules , test such given new combination in multiple level preciseness , and define a fail over situation differently to prior art , namely by providing a new resource combination which was already tested for the exact business application and the exact business process for which it was designed .