This section contains information about the following concepts:

• Evaluating deployment-related concepts before you design a test system.
• Selecting the most effective mechanism for creating one or multiple deployments depending on the functional and maintenance requirements of the test system and related deployment.
• Using the TestStand Deployment Utility to create a customized full test system deployment or patch deployment.

The NI TestStand Advanced Architecture Series is a suite of documents, located on the NI website, authored by TestStand architects and developers to provide more advanced concept and architecture information for experienced TestStand users with complex projects.