Policy Feature Overview in SharePoint Server 2010 (ECM)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

A policy feature is an assembly or other piece of code that provides content management functionality to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. It can also provide content management functionality to Microsoft Office 2010 client application documents.

Note

If you want to create a policy feature that provides functionality within Office 2010 client applications, you must create the custom code that enforces the policy within the applications, and also deploy that code to the computers running the applications. The policy XML is demoted and stored in client documents, such as Office 2010 documents, as read-only instructions for how to execute the policy. Office 2010 does not handle the deployment of the code that enforces the policy within the Office 2010 client application.

Policy Feature Requirements

Office 2010 requires each policy feature to do the following:

See Also

Concepts

Managing Information Management Policy in SharePoint Server 2010 (ECM)

Policy Feature Overview in SharePoint Server 2010 (ECM)

Policy Resource Overview in SharePoint Server 2010 (ECM)