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How to Maintain Policy Versions

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After you add rules to a version of your policy, you can save the version to the rule store for further development, or you can publish it to create a well-defined, immutable set of rules that can be deployed for use in a rule-based application.

This topic contains procedures for the following tasks:

  • To create an empty new version of a policy

  • To save a policy version

  • To publish a policy version

  • To create an updated version of a policy

  • To update a policy to use an updated assembly

To create an empty new version of a policy

  • Right-click the policy folder, and then click Add New Version.

To save a policy version

  • Right-click the policy version, and then click Save.

To publish a policy version

  • Right-click the policy version, and then click Publish.

To create an updated version of a policy

  1. Right-click an existing policy version, and then click Copy.

  2. Right-click the policy folder, and then click Paste.

    A new version is created, with the same elements as the copied version.

    Note

    If your policy uses a .NET assembly, and the assembly is updated, you should bind your policy to the newer version of the assembly.

To update a policy to use an updated assembly

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to .NET Framework Configuration, and then click Configured Assemblies.

  2. Go to properties for the target assembly and click the Binding Policy tab.

  3. In the global assembly cache, change the version number to the newer version.

    Note

    All assemblies used by policies should be added to the global assembly cache.