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title: Download GRC: Policy and Compliance Management
description: Before you run GRC: Policy and Compliance Management \(com.sn\_compliance\) in your instance, you must download it from the ServiceNow Store.
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release: australia
product: Policy and Compliance Management
classification: policy-and-compliance-management
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Implement, Policy and Compliance Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Download GRC: Policy and Compliance Management

Before you run GRC: Policy and Compliance Management \(com.sn\_compliance\) in your instance, you must download it from the ServiceNow Store.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Follow the instructions for [Download a GRC application from the ServiceNow Store for the first time](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/download-grc-first-time.md).

    **Note:** Starting with Version 10.1, you can leverage new policy exception capabilities in Policy and Compliance Management from within Version 10.3 of the Vulnerability Response application. To use this feature, you must upgrade Policy and Compliance Management before upgrading Vulnerability Response. For more information, see


-   **[Quick start tests for Policy and Compliance Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/quick-start-tests-grc-policy-comp.md)**  
Validate that GRC: Policy and Compliance Management still works after you make any configuration change, such as apply an upgrade or develop an application. Copy and customize these quick start tests to pass when using your instance-specific data.

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

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