Article : What is Migpol ? (.Net FrameWork Tools Series)

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New Message on dotNET User Group Hyd Article : What is Migpol ? (.Net FrameWork Tools Series) Reply   Reply to Sender   Recommend Message 1 in Discussion From: Nasha Hey Group, I am extremely SORRY for not posting yesterday as I was enjoying my Birthday :). I am back again today so lets start. Today we will discuss migpol.exe. This tool is shipped with .NET Framework SDK. This tool is used to migrate security policies from one version of .NET to another version of dot net. When .NET Framework is installed there are two configuration files installed i.e. machine.config and security.config for each  .NET Framework version. . Net allows side by side installation of more than one versions of .NET Framework. Thus, if you are having version 1.0 you can install version 1.1 at the same time on the same machine. These config files are different for each version. So configuration setting of one version is not shared with another. There is no tool available in the .NET Framework which can aid to copy or migrate your machine configuration settings from your older version to your new version. you have to do the changes manually or use some third party tool. Fortunately .NET Framework has provided us with a tool to copy the security policy setting. (Read my article on CASPOL to know more on security policy This is a link in Mumbaiusergroup ). CAS has three policy levels : User, Machine , Enterprise. Migpol only migrates Enterprise and Machine level security policies. Hence tomorrow when you load Whidbey you can migrate your security settings from your current version of .NET to the new version. Note: Security migration only works between compatible Versions of .NET. To check out migpol options. Type migpol /? on VS.NET command prompt. Help screen requested Usage: migpol <option> <args> ... migpol -migrate <toVersion> <fromVersion>    Migrate security policy. migpol -l[istversions]    List all CLR versions installed on this machine. migpol -? migpol /? migpol -h[elp]    Displays this screen You can use -l option to list all the versions of .NET installed on your machine.         Type migpol -l To migrate one version to another you can use a similar command         migpol <old version> <new version> -- Please post your queries and comments for my articles in the user group for the benefit of all. I hope this step from my end is helpful to all of us. Regards, Namratha (Nasha) <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> View other groups in this category. Also on MSN: Start Chatting | Listen to Music | House & Home | Try Online Dating | Daily Horoscopes To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. Remove my e-mail address from dotNET User Group Hyd.