deployment
n. C / Un. the act of moving people, equipment, or software into a position where they are ready to be used. You often hear this word when talking about soldiers going on a mission or a new computer program going live.
n. the movement, distribution, or positioning of military forces, equipment, or software for active service or use.
The company plans the deployment of its new software for next week.
After months of testing, the IT team scheduled the deployment of the security update for midnight to avoid disrupting users.
The general authorised the rapid deployment of peacekeeping forces to the border region, hoping their visible presence would deter further escalation before diplomatic channels could open.
From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment.
Takes the preposition 'of' to indicate the resource being deployed, and 'to' for the destination.