Jim Britt's [MSFT] Blog

This blog will contain lessons learned as it relates to automation specific to Opalis / System Center Orchestrator.

My New Home for Automation Blogging

Hey Readers!  I’ve been fairly quiet out here as of late and really “Jonesing” to get some blog...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 03/01/2013

The Photographers@Microsoft are at it Again!

Hello again readers! I wanted to take a brief tangent from my technical content to let you all know...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2012

System Center 2012 Orchestrator - Changing User or Group Rights Post Install

I’ve seen a topic come up from time to time that I think was worth getting out to those that can use...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 05/10/2012

Using System Center Orchestrator to Gather Client Logs at Microsoft

Hello again readers. I wanted share with you a solution we are leveraging within Microsoft for log...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 01/05/2012

Using an Excel XML File for Input to a Runbook

Hello readers. I thought it would be a good idea to quickly discuss a topic that came up during a...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 10/31/2011

Orchestrator Migration–Locating Checked Out Policies

A topic came up recently on an internal distribution list that I have been planning on blogging...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 09/16/2011

Opalis 6.3 Installation Guide

Hello Readers. This is likely one of my last Opalis related posts as we move forward into...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2011

System Center Orchestrator 2012 Beta–Runbook Import Issue

Hello readers. My group is already starting to “dogfood” the beta of System Center...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2011

Opalis and the Internal Microsoft Adoption Story (On Demand Webcast)

On Tuesday June 28th, Charlie Satterfield and I had a great webcast presentation with a lot of...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 07/01/2011

Opalis @ Microsoft

Please check out the following post for information on an upcoming Webcast I'm participating in on...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2011

Sending Email with PowerShell and the Run.Net Object

Hello readers. Now that TechEd NA 2011 is over (what a great event) I thought I’d take this...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2011

Building Scalable Workflows in Opalis

Building from my first blog post on how we established “reach” in our environment for our Opalis...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 06/11/2011

Evaluating the "Reach" of Our Opalis Infrastructure at Microsoft

Hello readers. This is my first technical post of hopefully many on the topic of all things Opalis...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 05/06/2011

First Post–About the Blogger

As my first post, I wanted to give you an idea of what keeps me up at night and is motivating me to...

Author: Jim Britt [MSFT] Date: 05/05/2011