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Import coniguration data
You can import configuration items that you have:
■ Exported from other sites.
■ Downloaded as part of configuration packs from the Microsoft website or from other
vendors.
To import configuration data, select the Configuration Items node and then, on the ribbon,
click the Import Configuration Data button. This starts the Import Configuration Data Wizard.
In this wizard, you import one or more cabinet (.cab) files with configuration data, which you
can use in Configuration Manager.

Copy existing configuration items
You use the copy existing configuration items method to create a configuration item with the
properties of an existing configuration item but for which you want to modify some set-
tings. When you copy a configuration item, you do not maintain a relationship between the
new configuration item and the configuration item that you copied. To copy a configuration
item, select the configuration item you want to copy and then, on the ribbon, click Copy. This
opens the Configuration Item Name dialog box. Provide a name for the copy in the dialog
box to create a copy. Then you can edit it as you would edit a configuration item that you
created manually.

Configuration item revision history
Configuration Manager maintains a revision history of each configuration item. When you
modify a configuration item, you do not lose the previous settings, and you can still use the
previous settings in a configuration baseline. When you select the Configuration Items node,
you can view in the Revision column the number of times a configuration item has been
revised.
To manage revisions, select the configuration item that you want to work with and then,
on the ribbon, click the Revision History button. In the Configuration Item Revision History
window, the following options are available for you:

Show All Revisions or Show Revisions In Use You can use this drop-down list to
switch between all the revisions of the current configuration item and only the revi-
sions that are being used in a configuration baseline.

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Compare With Current Revision When you select an older version of the configu-
ration item, you can use this button to view the difference between that revision and
the latest revision.

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Delete

Use this button to delete a particular revision.

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Export Use this button to export a particular revision to a .cab file so that you can
import the revision into another instance of Configuration Manager.

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Copy Use this button to copy a particular revision to create a new configuration item.

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