Orchestrator – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34778 System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607 App Controller – Service Pack 1 Beta http://www.microsoft...

Imagine a scenario where you need to monitor a folder for specific file extensions so that when all of the file extensions you are expecting are present, the next action in Orchestrator will be kicked off. Opalis had the capability to perform this as...

We're happy to announce that MMS will return to Las Vegas, NV, April 8-12, 2013! In order to be one of the first to know about the opening of MMS 2013 registration, send mail to mmsnotfy@microsoft.com to subscribe to MMS News & Updates. Go here...

For the last few weeks we’ve been getting intermittent reports from people who could not get past the database configuration step during installation of Service Provider Foundation.  I myself hit this repeatedly during prep work for the recent TAP...

The Integration Pack for Exchange Users is an add-on for System Center 2012 SP1 beta- Orchestrator that enables you to facilitate the automation of user centric tasks, such as sending e-mail messages, creating appointments and updating tasks. 1. Create...

The Integration Pack for HP Service Manager is an add-on for System Center 2012 SP1 Beta- Orchestrator that enables you to retrieve, create, update and monitor tickets in HP Service Manager. Feature Summary: This integration pack adds the HP Service Manager...

The Integration Pack for HP Lights-Out (iLO) and Onboard Administrator (OA) is an add-on for System Center 2012 SP1 beta- Orchestrator that enables you to automate HP iLO and OA commands. This integration pack adds the HP iLO and OA category to the Activities...

The Integration Pack for HP Operations Manager is an add-on for System Center 2012 SP1 Beta- Orchestrator that enables you to automate the consolidation and correlation of fault and performance events across you entire physical and virtual IT infrastructure...

To answer a question I've been getting a lot lately: yes, Service Provider Foundation (SPF) is still a part of System Center 2012 SP1. The reason the question is coming up so much is that SPF moved in terms of packaging. Up to and including the CTP2 release...

This is something we mentioned a few months ago but it’s such a great series I wanted to mention it again in case some of you missed it. Microsoft’s own Travis Wright spent quite a bit of time with customers over the last 6-12 months helping them plan...

The Integration Pack for VMware vSphere is an add-on for System Center 2012 SP1 Beta- Orchestrator that enables you to connect System Center Orchestrator to your VMware vSphere server to automate actions in VMware vSphere to enable full management of...

System Center 2012 SP1 Beta - Orchestrator Integration Packs extend the core System Center 2012 SP1 beta - Orchestrator component to enable the authoring of datacenter automation using System Center 2012 Components. This download includes Integration...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one explains how to fix an issue where Orchestrator Integration Pack for Netcool/OMNIbus activities return the error "java.lang.RuntimeException: Invalid ObjectServer data type". ===== Symptoms...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one tells you how to determine the version of System Center Orchestrator and its components that you’re running. ===== Summary This article describes how to determine your current System Center...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where the Orchestrator Run Program activity returns a "Process creation failed" "The system cannot find the file specified" error. ===== Symptoms Executing...

Are you looking for a good way to get started learning everything that’s new in Orchestrator 2012 and SCSM? If so then here’s the guide for you: ===== In this post, we're turning to two more components of System Center 2012, Orchestrator and Service Manager...

This is a guest post from Premier Field Engineer Neil.  Thanks for sharing Neil!   Configuration Manager Status Messages are not a new concept, nor is the ability to trigger specific actions based on the generation of a pre-identified status...

Greetings, Hi, Carmen Summers here from the Cloud and Data Center Management System Center team.  Yesterday System Center released Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 posted on all System Center Blogs.  This is the second Update Rollup System...

This rollup includes updates for App Controller, Data Protection Manager (DPM), Operations Manager (OpsMgr), Orchestrator, Service Manager (SCSM) and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Download links, installation instructions and the list of issues fixed...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where running the Orchestrator "SCOExpressWriter.exe /register" command fails with "Failed to create and register Orchestrator Express Writer" and logs...

One of our Technology Adoption Program participants recently reported a persistent error with installing Service Provider Foundation (SPF). After a short debate, and a slightly longer investigation, our dev team found a piece of code which effectively...

App Controller – Evaluation VHD http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4da3d1d9-91d4-472e-acb7-10885df9d1c2 Operations Manager – Evaluation VHD http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=00b78007-638f...

Roman Stadlmair, a consultant from rconsult in Austria, shared this great demo video with me of a solution that he built for self-service automated IT asset management using SCSM, Orchestrator, and the Provance IT Asset Management MP. Check it out! ...

By John Ballard (posting on his behalf) We are receiving numerous reports of people having problems with the CTP2 release of Service Provider Foundation (SPF). The cause is simple but quite inconvenient: the setup routine’s prerequisite checker is not...

We have created a new TechNet forum for Service Provider Foundation.  Please share your experiences and ask questions in the forums.  Product team members and other experts in the community will participate as well to help get everybody going...