Deployment is the process of strategically distributing Control Manager servers to your network environment to facilitate and provide optimal management of antivirus and content security products.
Deploying enterprise-wide, client-server software like Control Manager to a homogenous or heterogeneous environment requires careful planning and assessment.
For ease of planning, Trend Micro recommends two deployment architectures:
Single-site deployment
Single-site deployment refers to distributing and managing child servers and managed products from a single Control Manager located in a central office. If your organization has several offices but has fast and reliable local and wide area connection between sites, single-site deployment still applies to your environment.
Multiple-site deployment
Multiple-site deployment refers to distributing and managing Control Manager servers in an organization that has main offices in different geographical locations.
If you are using Control Manager for the first time, Trend Micro recommends the use of Enterprise Control Manager parent server to handle single-site and multiple-site deployments.