You can invoke an SDA application process during promotion instead of using Dimensions Deployment, the default CM deployment model. SDA enables you to:
Graphically model deployment process rather than write scripts.
Use the plug-ins to automate common deployment tasks.
Run complex deployment processes on different machines, for example:
Stop a web server on machine A
Run an SQL script on machine B
If the SQL fails, run another SQL script on machine B
If the script succeeds, restart the web server on machine A
Use multiple CM servers and base databases with one SDA server.
Re-use existing SDA processes.
Automatically promote through an SDA pipeline.
Automate different component versions together.
Use single sign on between CM and SDA.
NOTE The CM integration with SDA currently only supports baseline promotion and demotion.