Microsoft Security Compliance Manager

Merge baselines

Use the Merge feature to combine two baselines into one baseline.

Note   You start the Merge operation with an unlocked custom baseline that serves as the target baseline.

To merge two baselines

1. In the Baselines Library, in the Custom Baselines section, click an unlocked custom baseline that you want to be the target baseline, and then in the Action pane, in the Baseline area, click Compare / Merge.
2. In the Compare Baselines dialog box, click the source baseline that you want to use, and then click OK.

   

   Note   The contents of the source baseline will be added to the target baseline. Information from the source baseline will overwrite the contents in the target baseline whenever the same setting or setting group is present in both baselines.

3. On the Compare Baselines Summary page, review the setting configuration values that differ and match between the source baseline and the target baseline, and then click Merge Baselines.

   

4. On the Merge Baselines Summary page, review any setting configuration conflicts between the source baseline and the target baseline, update any setting configuration values to meet the requirements of your organization, and then click OK.

   

5. In the Specify a name for the merged baseline dialog box, type a new name for the merged baseline, and then click OK.

    

6. After the merge operation completes, the new merged baseline displays in the Custom Baselines section of the Baselines Library with the name that you defined for it, and any settings that you customized appear in bold in the setting table of the new merged baseline, as illustrated in the following figure.