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How to Deploy or Undeploy a Policy

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This topic describes how to use the BizTalk Server Administration console to deploy or undeploy a policy manually. In addition, starting an application automatically deploys any policies it contains, and stopping an application automatically undeploys its policies. Deploying a policy puts it into effect in the application that uses it. Undeploying a policy makes it inactive so that it no longer functions in any application that uses it in the BizTalk group.

When deploying or undeploying a policy, bear in mind the following important points:

  • Before you can deploy a policy, it must exist in the Rule Engine database for the BizTalk group. If you import an application that contains a policy, the policy is automatically imported into the Rule Engine database, or you can explicitly import a policy into the Rule Engine database by using the administration console or BTSTask, as described in How to Import a Policy. Alternatively, you can add a policy to the Rule Engine database by using the Rule Engine Deployment Wizard, as described in How to Deploy and Undeploy Policies and Vocabularies.

  • Before you can deploy a policy, it must be published, as described in How to Publish a Policy.

  • A deployed policy cannot be modified. If you want to modify a deployed policy, you must first undeploy it.

Prerequisites

To perform the procedure in this topic, you must be logged on with an account that is a member of the BizTalk Server Administrators group. For more detailed information on permissions, see Permissions Required for Deploying and Managing a BizTalk Application.

To deploy or undeploy a policy

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft BizTalk Server 20xx, and then click BizTalk Server Administration.

  2. In the console tree, expand BizTalk Server Administration, expand the BizTalk group containing the policy that you want to deploy or undeploy, and then expand <All Artifacts>.

  3. Click Policies, right-click the policy, and then click Deploy or Undeploy.

See Also

Managing Policies
How to Start and Stop a BizTalk Application