What does AWS Systems Manager primarily help with?

AWS Systems Manager is designed to provide operational data about your AWS resources, automate management tasks, and help in maintaining the configuration and health of your applications. It enables you to manage your infrastructure at scale, offering features that support application management, including patch management, configuration management, and compliance tracking.

By using Systems Manager, you can centralize operational data from multiple AWS services and automate tasks across your AWS resources. It allows you to manage and maintain the settings and configurations of your applications, which contributes greatly to operational efficiency and reduced overhead. This service empowers you to streamline processes such as software package installation, patching, and configuration updates, ensuring that your applications run smoothly and securely.

The primary focus is on management and compliance rather than on deployment, historical analysis, or networking solutions. While other services in AWS may address components of those areas, Systems Manager specifically centers on operational management and configuration tasks for applications and services.