Tag: SCOrch

Download Exchange Management IP for Orchestrator

Bart Timmermans technical consultant at Inovativ has release am Exchange IP for Orchestrator.

Descriptions of the IP:

This integration pack is an addition on the already available Exchange Mail and Exchange calendaring integration packs. This IP will allow you to automate all (or at least most of them) Exchange (2010) related management tasks. For example:Adding and removing mailbox permissions

Tasks in the IP:

Download it here from the TechNet Gallery.

“Splatting” PowerShell script activities in Orchestrator

Robert_Hearn: “Splatting allows you to bundle a set of parameters into a hashtable and then simply using it as single parameter to a PowerShell function or cmdlet.”. To see how this technique can help you in Orchestrator read the full article here.

8 Webcasts from May 29th till June 28th about System Center 2012

  • 5/29/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET) – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 1 of 8): Beginning with the End in Mind
    In this session, we take a look at the end state of managing a private cloud with Microsoft System Center, including the Cloud Services management pack. The sessions that follow this session describe how to go from bare metal to a private cloud managed by System Center.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809577

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  • 5/31/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET) – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 2 of 8): Hardware and Prerequisite Software Platform
    In this session, we take a look at the hardware used for these sessions as examples of the kind of hardware that you can use to run a private cloud. We’ll also discuss how to install and configure the prerequisite software, such as the Windows Server operating system, SQL Server data management software, and Active Directory Domain Services.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809578 
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  • 6/5/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET) – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 3 of 8): Clustering Hyper-V and Installing a Highly Available Virtual Machine Manager Cluster
    In this session, we take a look at how to create a Hyper-V host cluster and install a highly available cluster by using Virtual Machine Manager, a component of Microsoft System Center 2012.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809579 

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  • 6/7/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET)  – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 4 of 8): Configuring System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager
    In this session, we talk about how to configure Virtual Machine Manager, a component of Microsoft System Center 2012. We explore how to deploy agents, create a host group, create a cloud, and create virtual networks.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809580 

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  • 6/19/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET)  – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 5 of 8): Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
    In this session, we show how to install a highly available Microsoft System Center 2012 – Operations Manager and deploy agents to manage the private cloud.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809581

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  • 6/21/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET)  – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 6 of 8): Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 – Service Manager
    In this session, we show how to install a highly available Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager, including the configuration management database (CMDB), data warehouse, reporting, self-service portal, and service catalog.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809582 

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  • 6/26/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET)  – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 7 of 8): Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 – Orchestrator
    In this session, we show how to install a highly available Microsoft System Center 2012 – Orchestrator and installing the System Center and other integration packs for automated administration of the private cloud.

Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809583

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  • 6/28/2012 11:00:00 AM (Pacific Time) / 20:00 (CET)  – Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 8 of 8): Integrating System Center 2012

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    In this session, we configure the many integration points between the Microsoft System Center components and also between System Center and Active Directory Domain Services.

    Register here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9809584

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Schedule System Center 2012 runbooks using Windows Task Scheduler

Another blog post by Robert_Hearn. This time he shows us how to use command line utility for starting runbooks and Windows Task Scheduler for scheduling runbooks. It is pretty neat article titled “Using Windows Task Scheduler to Invoke Scheduled Runbooks”.

What OIP file contains and how you can build it manually without Integration Pack Wizard

A nice Wiki article for Orchestrator was published recently. The article is more towards the developers of IPs but nevertheless if you are curious read “Automating Builds of Orchestrator Integration Packs”