You can invoke an DA application process during promotion instead of using Dimensions Deployment, the default CM deployment model. DA 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 DA server.
Re-use existing DA processes.
Automatically promote through an DA pipeline.
Automate different component versions together.
Use single sign on between CM and DA.
NOTE The CM integration with DA currently only supports baseline promotion and demotion.