evaluate-a-policy-based-management-policy-on-a-schedule.md

title	Evaluate a Policy-Based Management Policy on a Schedule | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	03/01/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	database-engine
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ms.technology	security
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	Policy-Based Management, evaluate policy
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Evaluate a Policy-Based Management Policy on a Schedule

[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md] This topic describes how to evaluate a Policy-Based Management policy on a schedule in [!INCLUDEssCurrent] by using [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull].

In This Topic

• Before you begin:

  Security

• To evaluate a policy on a schedule, 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 on a schedule

1. In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server that contains the policy schedule 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 whose schedule you what to evaluate and select Properties.

6. On the Open Policy -policy_name dialog box, in the Evaluation Mode list, select On schedule.

7. Under Schedule, click either Pick to specify an existing schedule or New to create a new schedule.

8. When finished, click OK.