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# AWS::IAM::Group Policy
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Contains information about an attached policy.

An attached policy is a managed policy that has been attached to a user, group, or role.

For more information about managed policies, see [Managed Policies and Inline Policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies-managed-vs-inline.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. 

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[PolicyDocument](#cfn-iam-group-policy-policydocument)" : {{Json}},
  "[PolicyName](#cfn-iam-group-policy-policyname)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [PolicyDocument](#cfn-iam-group-policy-policydocument): {{Json}}
  [PolicyName](#cfn-iam-group-policy-policyname): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`PolicyDocument`  <a name="cfn-iam-group-policy-policydocument"></a>
The policy document.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: Json  
*Pattern*: `[\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\u00FF]+`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `131072`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`PolicyName`  <a name="cfn-iam-group-policy-policyname"></a>
The friendly name (not ARN) identifying the policy.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\w+=,.@-]+`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `128`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

## See also
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+ [PolicyDetail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_PolicyDetail.html) in the *AWS Identity and Access Management API Reference*