Microsoft is touting the new user centric model in CM12, which will enable you to target users and devices better than ever. Note that it is still perfectly acceptable to deploy to systems (such as software updates, for example), but with the CM12 improvements, Microsoft hopes to see you offer software more often than CM07 admins ever used to. In this section we will discuss opportunities in CM12 to improve the end user experience. This recipe will describe how to be more efficient when deploying software to devices and/or users.
Prior to a required deployment, take advantage of the simulate deployment action to validate that deployment types work as expected.