System Center 2012 contained the Unified Installer tool but that tool was not updated for Service Pack 1. The tool was mainly used for deployment of labs for SC 2012. As the tool was not update for SP1 there is alternative PowerShell Deployment Toolkit. This alternative is actually a set of scripts that will help you with deploying SC 2012 SP1 from the download of the evaluation versions and all prerequisites till the actual installation. The scripts are made in such way that with some modifications can be used for deployment of other software. Download links and more detailed description can be found in these two articles:
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Orchestrator Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution 1.1
This Integration Pack provides extended PowerShell Script Execution capabilities for the Orchestrator (executed from and against both x86 and x64 OSs). And again this IP is also developed by Charles Joy. The IP adds two activities:
- Execute PS Script
- Execute PS Script – Global
Download the IP with user guide here.
Two Advanced Articles for SCSM
On Service Manager Engineering I’ve spotted two articles which provide some in-depth information for System Center Service Manager. Take a deep dive here:
Documentation: Windows PowerShell Language Specification Version 3.0
Specification for PowerShell 3.0 is available for download in a form of docx file.
Find Missing Hotfixes on Cluster Nodes with PowerShell
Rick Bergman a Microsoft PFE created nice and powerful script that generates report and shows missing patches on nodes of a cluster. You just have to enter the cluster names and the script will find all nodes, compare hotfixes and generate a nice report. Download and find more on the script here.
Cloud Administrator in Azure World 