Getting started

 and  deployment provide a containerized architecture that enables you to use platform and application components provided by the products as containers in your on-premises environment.

Container deployment provides the following advantages:

• Simplified on-premises deployment process with reduced deployment cost
• Consumes fewer resources and containers are lightweight
• Provides better efficiency than virtual machines with fast start-up and better performance
• Automated, faster, and less error-prone deployment compared to the server-based installation
• Complete, installed architecture in a fully automated operation with total control and significantly reduced complexity
• Ensured application security through isolation of applications from the host and other applications
• Scales easily to meet the changing demands of your business

If you are new to BMC Helix deployment in your on-premises environment, read and perform the getting started tasks to learn how to deploy the products. If you are not sure where to start, read the Deployment overview.