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# VHQ Software Management

This section discusses software management in VHQ. Also, included is the demonstrational video of this feature.

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Also called: software management, packages, reference sets, applications. Search terms: automated downloads, manual downloads, software packages.

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## What is Software Management?

The **Software Management** feature allows you to manage software on a large number of devices across the system with the help of *Packages*, *Reference sets*, and *Applications*.

The *Software Management* feature provides a powerful and customized way to manage software on the device estate. You can manage the software automatically (automated downloads) or manually through a controlled environment.

* Automated downloads: VHQ automatically detects and downloads software updates to devices.
* Manual downloads: You can manually download the required software to a selected set of devices.

The software on VHQ is primarily configured by importing **Software packages**.

## VHQ Uploads and Downloads Demo

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View the video below for a demonstration of how to perform uploads and downloads within VHQ. See the VHQ Demo Videos section for more videos.
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{% embed url="<https://vimeo.com/1124920046/c608c5c441?fe=cm&fl=pl>" %}

## Related topics

* [Software package](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/software-package.md)
* [V/OS Bundle](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/v-os-bundle.md)
* [VPI Package](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/vpi-package.md)
* [Android OS Packages](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/android-os-packages.md)
* [Parent reference set](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/parent-reference-set.md)
* [Reference sets for manual download](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/reference-sets-for-manual-download.md)
* [Configuring software packages](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/configuring-software-packages.md)
* [Upload in VHQ](/support-us/verifone-hq/vhq-software-management/upload-in-vhq.md)


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