diff --git a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Console/Command/DeployMarker.php b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Console/Command/DeployMarker.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b19cc957ae70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Console/Command/DeployMarker.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\NewRelicReporting\Console\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Magento\NewRelicReporting\Model\Apm\DeploymentsFactory;
+use Magento\NewRelicReporting\Model\ServiceShellUser;
+
+class DeployMarker extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * @var DeploymentsFactory
+     */
+    protected $deploymentsFactory;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ServiceShellUser
+     */
+    protected $serviceShellUser;
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize dependencies.
+     *
+     * @param DeploymentsFactory $deploymentsFactory
+     * @param ServiceShellUser $serviceShellUser
+     * @param null $name
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        DeploymentsFactory $deploymentsFactory,
+        ServiceShellUser $serviceShellUser,
+        $name = null
+    ) {
+        $this->deploymentsFactory = $deploymentsFactory;
+        $this->serviceShellUser = $serviceShellUser;
+        parent::__construct($name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setName("newrelic:create:deploy-marker");
+        $this->setDescription("Check the deploy queue for entries and create an appropriate deploy marker.")
+             ->addArgument(
+                 'message',
+                 InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+                 'Deploy Message?'
+             )
+             ->addArgument(
+                 'changelog',
+                 InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+                 'Change Log?'
+             )
+             ->addArgument(
+                 'user',
+                 InputArgument::OPTIONAL,
+                 'Deployment User'
+             );
+        parent::configure();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $this->deploymentsFactory->create()->setDeployment(
+            $input->getArgument('message'),
+            $input->getArgument('changelog'),
+            $this->serviceShellUser->get($input->getArgument('user'))
+        );
+        $output->writeln('<info>NewRelic deployment information sent</info>');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCron.php b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCron.php
index a4a7d30b44f5b..6b2bd50dc456b 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCron.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCron.php
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ protected function reportCounts()
     public function report()
     {
         if ($this->config->isNewRelicEnabled()) {
-            $this->reportModules();
             $this->reportCounts();
         }
 
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/ServiceShellUser.php b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/ServiceShellUser.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c038be4fb2a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Model/ServiceShellUser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\NewRelicReporting\Model;
+
+class ServiceShellUser
+{
+    /**
+     * Default user name;
+     */
+    const DEFAULT_USER = 'cron';
+
+    /**
+     * Get use name.
+     *
+     * @param bool $userFromArgument
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get($userFromArgument = false)
+    {
+        if ($userFromArgument) {
+            return $userFromArgument;
+        }
+
+        $user = `echo \$USER`;
+        if ($user) {
+            return $user;
+        }
+
+        return self::DEFAULT_USER;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Test/Unit/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCronTest.php b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Test/Unit/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCronTest.php
index 70fdcd0b6191c..400bcefa9828b 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Test/Unit/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCronTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/Test/Unit/Model/Cron/ReportNewRelicCronTest.php
@@ -144,24 +144,10 @@ public function testReportNewRelicCronModuleDisabledFromConfig()
      */
     public function testReportNewRelicCron()
     {
-        $testModuleData = [
-            'changes' => [
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'enabled'],
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'disabled'],
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'installed'],
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'uninstalled'],
-            ],
-            'enabled' => 1,
-            'disabled' => 1,
-            'installed' => 1,
-        ];
 
         $this->config->expects($this->once())
             ->method('isNewRelicEnabled')
             ->willReturn(true);
-        $this->collect->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('getModuleData')
-            ->willReturn($testModuleData);
         $this->counter->expects($this->once())
             ->method('getAllProductsCount');
         $this->counter->expects($this->once())
@@ -198,24 +184,10 @@ public function testReportNewRelicCron()
      */
     public function testReportNewRelicCronRequestFailed()
     {
-        $testModuleData = [
-            'changes' => [
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'enabled'],
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'disabled'],
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'installed'],
-                ['name' => 'name', 'setup_version' => '2.0.0', 'type' => 'uninstalled'],
-            ],
-            'enabled' => 1,
-            'disabled' => 1,
-            'installed' => 1,
-        ];
 
         $this->config->expects($this->once())
             ->method('isNewRelicEnabled')
             ->willReturn(true);
-        $this->collect->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('getModuleData')
-            ->willReturn($testModuleData);
         $this->counter->expects($this->once())
             ->method('getAllProductsCount');
         $this->counter->expects($this->once())
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/etc/di.xml
index cba92f91cd4bb..2dccc45c1129b 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/NewRelicReporting/etc/di.xml
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@
     <type name="Magento\Framework\App\Http">
         <plugin name="framework-http-newrelic" type="Magento\NewRelicReporting\Plugin\HttpPlugin"/>
     </type>
+    <type name="Magento\Framework\Console\CommandListInterface">
+        <arguments>
+            <argument name="commands" xsi:type="array">
+                <item name="newrelicreporting_deploy_marker" xsi:type="object">Magento\NewRelicReporting\Console\Command\DeployMarker</item>
+            </argument>
+        </arguments>
+    </type>
 </config>