Chapter 3. Deploying Applications and Software Updates

In this chapter we will cover:

  • Creating applications and deployment types
  • Managing Software Center and Application Catalogue
  • Preparing for software updates
  • Creating and monitoring software updates
  • Leveraging Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs)
  • Reducing collection dependencies with conditional rules and global conditions
  • Deploying custom updates
  • Converting classic packages to applications
  • Creating and deploying Virtual Applications (App-V)
  • Superseding applications
  • Monitoring content and deployment status

Introduction

The three most common uses for CM are patching, software distribution, and OS deployment. This chapter will cover software distribution including the new application model as well as the newly ...

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