Perform Policy and Compliance Management administration

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title: Perform Policy and Compliance Management administration
description: Prior to performing application-specific setup, you need to prepare the system. This involves assigning user roles and setting properties.
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product: Policy and Compliance Management
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# Perform Policy and Compliance Management administration

Prior to performing application-specific setup, you need to prepare the system. This involves assigning user roles and setting properties.

-   **[Assigning Policy and Compliance Management roles to your users](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/assign-user-roles.md)**  
Before you can successfully implement or use the Policy and Compliance Management application, you must assign roles to your users.
-   **[Set Policy and Compliance Management properties](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/set-policy-compliance-properties.md)**  
Set properties to control various aspects and behaviors in the software.

**Parent Topic:**[Implementing Policy and Compliance Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-impl-overview.md)