What’s New > Windchill > 12.0.2.7 > Customization Enhancements > Automated Build and Deploy
  
Automated Build and Deploy
Use the automated build deployment process for deploying Windchill on cloud. This deployment process helps you simplify the promotion of changes from the development environment to the production environment. The Simple Change Framework (SCF) tool, built on Ant script, is developed by PTC to achieve this automation.
Benefit
SCF helps you set up your environment for product deployment. It also helps standardize the packaging and installation process, and reuse the existing deployment and installation features.
Summary
You can create the build package and the manifest file using the SCF tool and upload the package to cloud.
For detailed instructions on automated build and deployment, see Automated Build Deployment Process.
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While legacy customizations are allowed in Windchill Cloud, PTC is adopting new customization guidelines in Windchill Plus. For more information, see Windchill Customization Basics.