# Policy
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Contains rules to be applied to the affected accounts. Policies can be attached directly to accounts, or to roots and OUs to affect all accounts in those hierarchies.

## Contents
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 ** Content **   <a name="organizations-Type-Policy-Content"></a>
The text content of the policy.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.  
Pattern: `[\s\S]*`   
Required: No

 ** PolicySummary **   <a name="organizations-Type-Policy-PolicySummary"></a>
A structure that contains additional details about the policy.  
Type: [PolicySummary](API_PolicySummary.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/organizations-2016-11-28/Policy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/organizations-2016-11-28/Policy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/organizations-2016-11-28/Policy)