Introduction to the Deployment Manager

1 The left menu and filters

The left menu holds the button that starts a deployment and the filters that choose which deployments the centre of the window lists.

Deployment Manager, Deployments tab. The left menu has Create Deployment Plan, Show for all users, Show Colleague Deployments, Show Deployments for Computer, Show Deployments for Program and Show deployments from. The centre grid has the columns Name, Client Count and View. — The **Deployments** tab with the left menu. Use the filters on the left to change which deployments are listed.

Control	What it does
Create Deployment Plan	Opens the window where you can install or uninstall software and reinstall computers. It is shown only to roles with the DeploymentSoftware or ReinstallOperatingSystem button.
Show for all users	Shows all deployments made by all users. This filter can be mixed with the computer and program filters. It is shown only to roles with the DMViewColleagueDeployments button. Ticking it clears any colleague you have chosen.
Show Colleague Deployments	Shows deployments made by other users. It is shown to the same roles as Show for all users.
Show Deployments for Computer	Shows your own deployments to a given computer.
Show Deployments for Program	Shows your own deployments of a given piece of software.
Show deployments from	Shows deployments from this date and newer. This filter is always applied. By default, it shows deployments from the last month.

The SCCM tabs use their own list On All SCCM Deployments and Prioritized SCCM Deployments, the colleague, computer, all-users and date filters are greyed out. Only Show Deployments for Program still applies.

2 Deployments tab

The Deployments tab lists all install deployments, filtered by software. There is one row per program.

Column	What it shows
Name	The name of the software deployed.
Client Count	The number of clients deployed to this program.
View	Opens the Deployment Monitor with the status for each computer.

3 Deployment Jobs tab

The Deployment Jobs tab lists the deployments, filtered by the same left menu. It contains all deployments made by you, or by a colleague if a filter is applied.

Deployment Manager, Deployment Jobs tab. Rows show Created, Name, Start and End dates, with an Edit button and a red Delete button at the end of each row. — The **Deployment Jobs** tab. Each row has an **Edit** and a **Delete** button at the end.

Column or button	What it shows or does
Created	The creation date of the deployment.
Name	The name of the deployment. This is either user defined or auto generated.
Start	The start time of the deployment.
End	The latest runtime of the deployment. For deployments which were started immediately, without a schedule, it defaults to 7 days after the start time.
Edit	Opens the Deployment Monitor for that deployment, showing the status of each computer.
Delete	Removes the deployment from your list. Click Remove in the confirmation to do it. Removing does not cancel the deployment. You should remove finished deployments. The button is hidden while you view a colleague's deployments, because you cannot remove a colleague's deployment.

Removing is not cancelling The confirmation says that removing a deployment plan does not cancel a scheduled installation. To stop a scheduled installation, go to Tools › Edit Schedule.

4 All SCCM Deployments tab

This tab displays all deployments in Configuration Manager and their compliance.

Deployment Manager, All SCCM Deployments tab. Columns include Set priority, Type, Software Name, Collection Name, Last Update, Compliance, Success, In Progress, Error, Requirements Not Met, Unknown and Total Assets, with a Refresh button and an export icon above the grid. — The **All SCCM Deployments** tab. Use **Refresh** above the grid to show new results. The **Set priority** column is the first column.

The data source is summarized earlier and may differ from the actual number of devices and users displayed when opening the details window.
The last summarization time is listed in the Last Update column. Use the blue recycle button in that column to summarize that deployment now (its tooltip is Run Summarization). Note that this operation may take a while.
Use the Refresh button in the upper right corner of the grid to display the new summarized results.
The counts Compliance, Success, In Progress, Error, Requirements Not Met, Unknown and Total Assets show how the computers are doing. Each count is a link to the monitor for that group of computers.
The export icon next to Refresh exports the grid to CSV.
The Set priority tick boxes are shown only to roles with the SetPriorityOnSCCMDeployments button.

5 Prioritized SCCM Deployments tab

The Prioritized SCCM Deployments tab shows the same columns as All SCCM Deployments, without the Set priority column. Choose the priority on the All SCCM Deployments tab with the Set priority tick box. This needs the SetPriorityOnSCCMDeployments button.

6 Where to go next

To do this	Read
An overview of what the Deployment Manager does	Introduction to the Deployment Manager
Create a deployment plan	Deployment Plan
See the status of each computer	Deployment Monitor
Set how the Deployment Manager behaves	Deployment Manager Configuration

7 Best practice

Use the all-users and colleague filters only when you need them. They need the DMViewColleagueDeployments button, and the full list can take a while to load.
Refresh before you read the counts. The SCCM counts come from a summary, so they can differ from what the monitor shows. Run the summary for one deployment with the recycle button, then click Refresh.
Remove finished jobs from your list. Use Delete on the Deployment Jobs tab, and check the schedule first, because removing does not cancel a scheduled installation.

8 Troubleshooting

Symptom	Cause	What to do
There is no Create Deployment Plan button	Your role does not have the DeploymentSoftware or ReinstallOperatingSystem button.	Ask your administrator to add the button to your security role.
There is no Show for all users button and no colleague list	Your role does not have the DMViewColleagueDeployments button.	Ask your administrator to add the button to your security role.
There is no Delete button on a row	A colleague is selected in the filters, and you cannot remove a colleague's deployment.	Clear the colleague filter to see your own deployments again.
The Set priority column is missing	Your role does not have the SetPriorityOnSCCMDeployments button.	Ask your administrator to add the button to your security role.
The colleague, computer and date filters are greyed out	You are on All SCCM Deployments or Prioritized SCCM Deployments, which use their own list.	Go back to the Deployments or Deployment Jobs tab to use those filters.
A monitor opens with "Failed to initialize interface." and no rows	SoftwareCentral could not read the deployment status from Configuration Manager.	Check the Configuration Manager settings in Deployment Manager Configuration. If the monitor stays empty, contact your administrator.