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Create a Policy-Based Management Policy

Applies to: SQL Server

This topic describes how to create a Policy-Based Management policy in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio.

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Before You Begin

Security

Permissions

Requires membership in the PolicyAdministratorRole role in the msdb database.

Using SQL Server Management Studio

To create a policy

  1. In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server where you want to create a new a Policy-Based Management policy.

  2. Click the plus sign to expand the Management folder.

  3. Click the plus sign to expand Policy Management.

  4. Right-click the Policies folder and select New Policy.

  5. In the Create New Policy dialog box, in the Name box, type the name of the new policy.

  6. If you want the policy to be enabled as soon as it is created, select the Enabled check box. If the evaluation mode is On demand, the Enabled check box is not available.

  7. In the Check condition list, select one of the existing conditions, or select New Condition. To edit a condition, select the condition and then click the ellipsis (...). For more information, see Create a New Policy-Based Management Condition or View or Modify the Properties of a Policy-Based Management Condition.

  8. In the Against targets box, select one or more target types for this policy. Some conditions and facets can only be applied to certain types of targets. The available target sets appear in the associated box. Expand Every to select a filtering condition for some types of the targets. If no targets appear in this box, the check condition is scoped at the server level.

  9. In the Evaluation Mode box, select how this policy will behave. Different conditions can have different valid evaluation modes. For more information about which evaluation modes are valid, see Administer Servers by Using Policy-Based Management.

  10. If the policy will be evaluated on a schedule, set the evaluation mode to On schedule, and then click Pick to select a schedule, or click New to create a new schedule.

  11. To limit the policy to subset of the target types, in the Server restriction box, select from limiting conditions or create a new condition.

    For more information on the available options in the Create New Policy dialog box, see Create New Policy or Open Policy Dialog Box, General Page or Create New Policy or Open Policy Dialog Box, Description Page.

  12. When finished click OK.