Restructured Documentation

deployments/index.md

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 # Deployments
 ## Purpose
-Build and deployment documentation for platforms, services, and automation stacks.
+Build the system you need, then follow its linked maintenance and reference material.  Use the subject guides to select prerequisites and distinguish documented implementation alternatives.
 
 ## Includes
-- Platform deployments (virtualization and containerization)
-- Service deployments and integration patterns
-- Automation stack deployment guides
+- Applications
+- Automation
+- Backup and Recovery
+- Containers
+- Identity and Certificates
+- Networking and Access
+- Virtualization and Storage
+- Windows and Linux
+
+## Start with a Subject
+- [Applications](<../reference/Applications/index.md>) — Find applications by the service they provide, then continue to their deployment, authentication, data, and maintenance documentation.
+- [Automation](<../reference/Automation/index.md>) — Connect source control, automation controllers, managed hosts, and configuration delivery.  Use the documented execution environment and authentication method for each workflow.
+- [Backup and Recovery](<../reference/Backup and Recovery/index.md>) — Find backup concepts, repository maintenance, and recovery dependencies.  Select the procedure for the affected backup system and distinguish a backup restore from a replica or snapshot operation.
+- [Containers](<../reference/Containers/index.md>) — Prepare the Docker or Kubernetes environment used by application deployments, then follow the operating procedures for building, moving, and exposing workloads.
+- [Identity and Certificates](<../reference/Identity and Certificates/index.md>) — Connect directory services, certificate trust, single sign-on, and application authentication.  Start with the identity system involved, then follow the integration or maintenance procedure.
+- [Networking and Access](<../reference/Networking and Access/index.md>) — Find the DNS, proxy, VPN, and remote-access instructions that connect users and services.  Use the address plans to identify the intended network before changing connectivity.
+- [Virtualization and Storage](<../reference/Virtualization and Storage/index.md>) — Follow the relationship between hypervisors, shared storage, guest disks, and recovery procedures.  Select the documented storage design before choosing a maintenance command.
+- [Windows and Linux](<../reference/Windows and Linux/index.md>) — Find workstation and server operating-system setup, updates, and repairs.  Storage, networking, and identity tasks are linked to their subject guides when they cross operating-system boundaries.
+
+## Find Related Knowledge
+[The subject guides](<../reference/index.md>) connect these deployments to the other document roles.