How Are Deployments Different than Associations?

What

Deployments areand notassociations exactlyuse the same ascore associations,assignment rules, but theydeployments arelet very,you verygroup similar.multiple Youassociations canand think ofmanage them as über-associations, or grouped associations.together.

When/Why

We’ll useUse deployments to assign content to devices, justmuch as we would withlike an association. But,The deploymentsdifference alsois givethat usa thedeployment ability tocan group multiple associations togetherinto inone order to create simpler, easier to both easier-to-find and manage content delivery rules.rule.

How

Reference theSee View - Deployments articlefor to see how one createscreating a deployment from scratch,scratch. but in the belowRelated articles you’ll also seecover how to use ourthe Associations to Deployments Conversion Tool to create deployments from multiple associations and alsothe look at thepractical benefits of Deployments overall.deployments.

Digging Deeper

Deployments containuse the same rules for content delivery rules as Associationsassociations, do, such as:including:

• Timing options for installation
• License management (for VPP related content)
• AndInstallation installationmethod, method (such as Kiosk,Kiosk or direct installation)installation

ButUnlike deployments,a unlikesingle associations,association, alsoa allowdeployment youcan to assignapply those same rules to manymultiple differentFilesets filesets/or payloads at the same time. And, when changes are required, a singular change makesWhen the changedelivery forrule allneeds payloads.to change, you can update the deployment once instead of editing each association separately.