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title: Planning to Deploy App-V 5.1 with an Electronic Software Distribution System
description: Planning to Deploy App-V 5.1 with an Electronic Software Distribution System
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# Planning to Deploy App-V 5.1 with an Electronic Software Distribution System


If you are using an electronic software distribution system to deploy App-V packages, review the following planning considerations. For information about using System Center Configuration Manager to deploy App-V, see [Introduction to Application Management in Configuration Manager](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=281816).

Review the following component and architecture requirements options that apply when you use an ESD to deploy App-V packages:

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<td align="left"><p>The App-V Management server, Management database, and Publishing server are not required.</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>These functions are handled by the implemented ESD solution.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>You can deploy the App-V Reporting server and Reporting database side by side with the ESD.</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The side-by-side deployment lets you to collect data and generate reports.</p>
<p>If you enable the App-V client to send report information, and you are not using the App-V Reporting server, the reporting data is stored in associated .xml files.</p></td>
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## Related topics


[Planning to Deploy App-V](planning-to-deploy-app-v51.md)