evaluate-a-policy-based-management-policy-from-that-policy.md

title	Evaluate a Policy-Based Management policy from that policy
description	Learn to evaluate a policy using that policy in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
ms.custom	seo-lt-2019
ms.date	03/01/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	database-engine
ms.reviewer
ms.technology	security
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	Policy-Based Management, evaluate policy
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author	VanMSFT
ms.author	vanto

Evaluate a Policy-Based Management Policy from That Policy

[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md] This topic describes how to evaluate a policy using that policy in [!INCLUDEssCurrent] by using [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull].

In This Topic

• Before you begin:

  Security

• To evaluate a policy, using:

  SQL Server Management Studio

Before You Begin

Security

Permissions

Requires membership in the PolicyAdministratorRole role in the msdb database.

Using SQL Server Management Studio

To evaluate a policy

1. In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server that contains the policy that you want to evaluate.

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

3. Click the plus sign to expand Policy Management.

4. Click the plus sign to expand the Policies folder.

5. Right-click the policy that you want to evaluate and select Evaluate.

6. In the Evaluate Results dialog box, you see the results of the policy evaluation. For targets that do not comply with the policy and have properties that can be reconfigured by Policy-Based Management, you can enforce compliance by clicking Apply. For more information on the available options in the Evaluate Policies dialog box, see Evaluate Policies Dialog Box, Policy Selection Page and Evaluate Policies Dialog Box, Evaluation Results Page.

7. When finished, click Close.