In System Center Service Manager 2010, use the following procedure to define a process that your organization can use to approve a software deployment request that an end user initiates from the Self-Service Portal. Software packages are imported from Configuration Manager using other procedures; the process you create by using the following procedure allows the software deployment request to be approved.

End users submit change requests in the Self-Service Portal if they want to install software. After all the approval processes are completed successfully, the requested software is installed by Configuration Manager on the end user’s computer. You can define multiple software deployment processes for your organization to manage various software titles and suites and to apply different approval and implementation processes based on change request templates.

Note
Although you can base a software deployment process on your own custom change request template, Service Manager does not correctly display the change request template name in the Software Deployment Process list. However, the software deployment process still functions correctly.

To create a software deployment process

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Administration.

  2. In the Administration pane, expand Portal, and then click Software Deployment Process.

  3. In the Software Deployment Process pane, click Create.

  4. In the General section in the Name box, type the name of the process you want to create. For example, type Standard Microsoft Office Software Request Process.

  5. In the Description box, type a description of the process. For example, type Use this process to approve and deploy Microsoft Office software to end users.

  6. In the Process section under Create a software deployment process, click Select to open the Select objects list, and then view the list of available software packages.

  7. In the list, select a software package, click Add, and then click OK.

  8. Under Templates, select a template to apply to the software deployment process, and then click OK to save and close the form.

  9. Click OK to save and close the form.