1 Deploy and manage software
Use Manage Software to deploy software to a computer and to manage software that is already assigned. You can view deployment status messages, open client log files with the log analyser, rerun deployments and remove software. All of it is found under the Software menu button.
| Interface | Use it when |
|---|---|
| Manage Software on a Single Resource | You deploy to one computer or user, follow the result and troubleshoot a failed deployment. |
| Manage Software on Multiple Resources | You add or remove software on many computers in one operation. |
| Deployment Manager | You follow all deployments, filtered by date, or make a deployment plan for software and operating systems. |
2 What you can do
Which buttons and options you see depends on your security role and on the settings your administrator has chosen, so your screen may show fewer of them than listed here.
| You want to | Where to read about it |
|---|---|
| Pick a computer or a user, open it from a link, see whether the computer is online | Select Computer / User |
| Add or remove software on the selected resource, deploy later, lease software, rerun, clean or install now | Manage Software |
| Understand a status message, see why requirements were not met, read the client logs | Manage Software and Advanced troubleshooting |
| Change or cancel a scheduled deployment | Scheduled Deployments and Edit Schedule |
| Change many computers in one operation | Manage Software on Multiple Resources |
The same pages cover both computers that are managed by Configuration Manager and devices and users that are managed by Intune. Where Intune behaves differently, the page says so.
3 Best practice
- Use Manage Software on a Single Resource for one computer or user and when you need to follow the result; use Manage Software on Multiple Resources when the same change goes to many computers.
- Read the status and, if needed, the client log before you rerun a deployment. A rerun repeats the same installation; it does not fix the reason it failed.
- Deploy larger changes outside working hours with Enable Schedule, and try a small group of computers first.
- Follow the result of a multiple-resource deployment in the Deployment Manager.