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# Property and Cloudlet policy considerations

Here are some things you should be aware of before working with Cloudlets:

| Category                                                                                        | Considerations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| General                                                                                         | You can associate a Cloudlet policy and all of its versions with either a single property or multiple properties.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [Property Manager](https://techdocs.akamai.com/property-mgr/docs/welcome-prop-manager) behavior | <li>You can add different types of Cloudlet behaviors to the same property.</li> <li> You can have multiple instances of the same Cloudlet behavior on a single property, but only if the behaviors are in different rules.</li> <li>When a property contains multiple instances of a single Cloudlet behavior, each instance may reference a different Cloudlet policy.</li> <li>If a property includes multiple Cloudlet behaviors, you can select a different Cloudlet policy for each behavior, or use the same policy for all behaviors.</li> <li> See also <a href="https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/interactions-between-cloudlet-behaviors-in-property-manager">Interactions between Cloudlet behaviors in Property Manager</a>.</li>                                                                                                               |
| Activation                                                                                      | <li>It is recommended that a non-shared (legacy) policy can be associated with a maximum of 15 properties. If you need more properties, use a [shared policy ](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/cloudlets-terminology)type instead.</li><li>While the legacy policy type requires activation each time you wish to reuse it for another property, a shared policy only has to be activated once. It is recommended you use shared policy type whenever possible.</li> <li>For its associated properties, a Cloudlet policy may have different versions active on different networks.</li> <li>When you activate a Cloudlets policy version, it is active for all associated properties on the selected network.</li>  **Note:**  A shared policy is automatically associated with all of the properties in the selected [group](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/cloudlets-terminology). |

# Sub pages

* [Interactions between Cloudlet behaviors in Property Manager](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/interactions-between-cloudlet-behaviors-in-property-manager.md)

# Sibling pages

* [How Cloudlets work](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/how-cloudlets-work.md)
* [Available Cloudlets](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/available-cloudlets.md)
* [Key concepts and terms](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/cloudlets-terminology.md)
* [Who should manage your Cloudlets](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/who-should-manage-cloudlets.md)
* [Image and Video Manager and Cloudlets](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudlets/docs/ivm-cloudlets-interop.md)