diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/strategy/VPDCComputeServiceAdapter.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/strategy/VPDCComputeServiceAdapter.java
index acb680b955..37a133747f 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/strategy/VPDCComputeServiceAdapter.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/compute/strategy/VPDCComputeServiceAdapter.java
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
 package org.jclouds.savvis.vpdc.compute.strategy;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
@@ -8,7 +27,6 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -34,6 +52,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
 ;
 
@@ -46,16 +65,16 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
 public class VPDCComputeServiceAdapter implements ComputeServiceAdapter<VM, VMSpec, CIMOperatingSystem, Network> {
    private final VPDCClient client;
    private final RetryablePredicate<String> taskTester;
-   private final String email;
+   @Inject(optional = true)
+   @Named(PROPERTY_VPDC_VDC_EMAIL)
+   String email;
 
    @Inject
-   public VPDCComputeServiceAdapter(VPDCClient client, TaskSuccess taskSuccess,
-            @Named(PROPERTY_VPDC_VDC_EMAIL) String email) {
+   public VPDCComputeServiceAdapter(VPDCClient client, TaskSuccess taskSuccess) {
       this.client = checkNotNull(client, "client");
       // TODO: parameterize
       this.taskTester = new RetryablePredicate<String>(checkNotNull(taskSuccess, "taskSuccess"), 650, 10,
                TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-      this.email = email;
    }
 
    @Override
@@ -136,7 +155,8 @@ public class VPDCComputeServiceAdapter implements ComputeServiceAdapter<VM, VMSp
          Org org = client.getBrowsingClient().getOrg(org1.getId());
          for (Resource vdc : org.getVDCs()) {
             VDC VDC = client.getBrowsingClient().getVDCInOrg(org.getId(), vdc.getId());
-            if (VDC.getDescription().indexOf(email) != -1)
+            // optionally constrain locations
+            if (email != null && VDC.getDescription().indexOf(email) != -1)
                continue;
             for (Resource network : VDC.getAvailableNetworks()) {
                builder.add(client.getBrowsingClient().getNetworkInVDC(org.getId(), vdc.getId(), network.getId()));
diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClient.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClient.java
index b52066ebc0..acc7a81c08 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClient.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClient.java
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ public interface VMAsyncClient {
             @PathParam("vpdcId") String vpdcId, @PayloadParam("networkName") String networkTierName,
             @PayloadParam("name") String vAppName, VMSpec spec);
 
+   /**
+    * @see VMClient#addVMIntoVDC
+    */
+   @GET
+   @XMLResponseParser(TaskHandler.class)
+   @Path("vApp/")
+   @MapBinder(BindVMSpecToXmlPayload.class)
+   ListenableFuture<Task> addVMIntoVDC(@EndpointParam URI vpdc, @PayloadParam("networkName") String networkTierName,
+            @PayloadParam("name") String vAppName, VMSpec spec);
+
    /**
     * @see VMClient#removeVMFromVDC
     */
diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMClient.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMClient.java
index 133998c96a..6f869b688d 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMClient.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/main/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMClient.java
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ public interface VMClient {
     */
    Task addVMIntoVDC(String billingSiteId, String vpdcId, String networkTierName, String name, VMSpec spec);
 
+   /**
+    * 
+    * @param vpdc
+    *           href of the vpdc
+    * @see #addVMIntoVDC
+    */
+   Task addVMIntoVDC(URI vpdc, String networkTierName, String name, VMSpec spec);
+
    /**
     * Remove a VM
     * <p/>
diff --git a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/test/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClientTest.java b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/test/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClientTest.java
index 1067daefab..99be9abc48 100644
--- a/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/test/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/providers/savvis-symphonyvpdc/src/test/java/org/jclouds/savvis/vpdc/features/VMAsyncClientTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,37 @@ import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 @Test(groups = "unit")
 public class VMAsyncClientTest extends BaseVPDCAsyncClientTest<VMAsyncClient> {
 
+   public void testAddVMIntoVDCURI() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
+      Method method = VMAsyncClient.class
+               .getMethod("addVMIntoVDC", URI.class, String.class, String.class, VMSpec.class);
+
+      CIMOperatingSystem os = Iterables.find(injector.getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<Set<CIMOperatingSystem>>() {
+      })), new Predicate<CIMOperatingSystem>() {
+
+         @Override
+         public boolean apply(CIMOperatingSystem arg0) {
+            return arg0.getOsType() == OSType.RHEL_64;
+         }
+
+      });
+
+      HttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, URI
+               .create("https://api.symphonyvpdc.savvis.net/rest/api/v0.8/org/11/vdc/22"), "VM Tier01", "DemoHost-1",
+               VMSpec.builder().operatingSystem(os).build());
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(request,
+               "GET https://api.symphonyvpdc.savvis.net/rest/api/v0.8/org/11/vdc/22/vApp/ HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(request, "");
+      assertPayloadEquals(request, Strings2.toStringAndClose(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/vm-default.xml")),
+               "application/xml", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, request, ParseSax.class);
+      assertSaxResponseParserClassEquals(method, TaskHandler.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, MapHttp4xxCodesToExceptions.class);
+
+      checkFilters(request);
+   }
+
    public void testAddVMIntoVDC() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
       Method method = VMAsyncClient.class.getMethod("addVMIntoVDC", String.class, String.class, String.class,
                String.class, VMSpec.class);