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# Associate snapshot policies to a storage group using the storage group Protect wizard

The Snapshot policy feature provides snapshot orchestration at scale (1,024 snaps per storage group). The feature simplifies snapshot management for standard and cloud snapshots.

## About this task

See Understanding Snapshot policy for an overview of the snapshot policies functionality.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system that supports snapshot policies.
2. Select STORAGE > Storage Groups.
3. Select the storage group and click Protect.
4. On the Select Technology page, select Add Snapshot Policy.
5. Select one or more snapshot policies.
   A maximum of four snapshot policies (including previously selected policies) are allowed.
6. Click NEXT.
7. On the review page, verify your selections. To change any of them, click BACK. Some changes may require you to make extra changes to your configuration.
8. Do one of the following:
   - Click Run Now to perform the operation now.
   - Expand Run Now and click Add to Job List to add this task to the job list, from which you can schedule or run the task at your convenience. For more information, see Schedule jobs and Preview jobs.