Merge pull request #103103 from vhorne/fwm-policy

start firewall manager policy overview

Author: v-albemi

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+---
+title: Azure Firewall Manager Preview policy overview
+description: Learn about Azure Firewall Manager policies
+author: vhorne
+ms.service: firewall-manager
+services: firewall-manager
+ms.topic: overview
+ms.date: 02/18/2020
+ms.author: victorh
+---
+
+# Azure Firewall Manager Preview policy overview
+
+[!INCLUDE [Preview](../../includes/firewall-manager-preview-notice.md)]
+
+Firewall policy is an Azure resource that contains NAT, network, and application rule collections as well as Threat Intelligence settings. It's a global resource that can be used across multiple Azure Firewall instances in Secured Virtual Hubs and Hub Virtual Networks. Policies work across regions and subscriptions.
+
+![Azure Firewall Manager policy](media/policy-overview/policy-overview.png)
+
+## Policy creation and association
+
+A policy can be created and managed in multiple ways, including the Azure portal, REST API, templates, Azure PowerShell, and CLI.
+
+You can also migrate existing rules from Azure Firewall using the portal or Azure PowerShell to create policies. For more information, see [How to migrate Azure Firewall configurations to Azure Firewall policy (preview)](migrate-to-policy.md). 
+
+Policies can be associated with one or more virtual hubs or VNets. The firewall can be in any subscription associated with your account and in any region.
+
+## Hierarchical policies
+
+New policies can be created from scratch or inherited from existing policies. Inheritance allows DevOps to create local firewall policies on top of organization mandated base policy.
+
+Policies created with non-empty parent policies inherit all rule collections from the parent policy. 
+Network rule collections inherited from a parent policy are always prioritized above network rule collections defined as part of a new policy. The same logic also applies to application rule collections. However, network rule collections are always processed before application rule collections regardless of inheritance.
+
+Threat Intelligence mode is also inherited from the parent policy. You can set your threat Intelligence mode to a different value to override this behavior, but you can't turn it off. It's only possible to override with a stricter value. For example, if your parent policy is set to **Alert only**, you can configure this local policy to **Alert and deny**.
+
+NAT rule collections aren't inherited because they're specific to a given firewall.
+
+With inheritance, any changes to the parent policy are automatically applied down to associated firewall child policies.
+
+## Traditional rules and policies
+
+Azure Firewall supports both traditional rules and policies. The following table compares policies and rules:
+
+
+|         |Policy  |Rules  |
+|---------|---------|---------|
+|Contains     |NAT, Network, Application rules, and Threat Intelligence settings|NAT, Network, and Application rules |
+|Protects     |Virtual hubs and Virtual Networks|Virtual Networks only|
+|Portal experience     |Central management using Firewall Manager|Standalone firewall experience|
+|Multiple firewall support     |Firewall Policy is a separate resource that can be used across firewalls|Manually export and import rules, or using third-party management solutions |
+|Pricing     |Billed based on firewall association. See [Pricing](#pricing).|Free|
+|Supported deployment mechanisms     |Portal, REST API, templates, Azure PowerShell, and CLI|Portal, REST API, templates, PowerShell, and CLI. |
+|Release Status     |Public Preview|General Availability|
+
+## Pricing
+
+Policies are billed based on firewall associations. A policy with zero or one firewall association is free of charge. A policy with multiple firewall associations is billed at a fixed rate. For more information, see [Azure Firewall Manager Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/firewall-manager/).
+
+## Next steps
+
+To learn how to deploy an Azure Firewall, see [Tutorial: Secure your cloud network with Azure Firewall Manager Preview using the Azure portal](secure-cloud-network.md).

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