In Service Manager 2010 we had an announcements section of the self-service portal out of the box.  Out of the box the Announcements view is still there in the Administration workspace in the main console, but there isn’t a web part out of the box...

We’re happy to announce the Beta release of Orchestrator Integration Packs for HP Service Manager and HP iLO & OA. We released our first HP IP, HP Ops Manager, to beta in Dec and now we’re ready to release our 2 nd and 3 rd HP IPs, Service Manager...

I recently saw a new feature suggestion in the Orchestrator feedback on Connect and I realized that we can actually accomplish the requested functionality today in Orchestrator, so I thought I’d share how. Here is the feedback from the customer: There...

Here is part 3 of Anil Erduran’s series on RunBooks in Orchestrator 2012. This part walks you through how to test, save and run your existing RunBooks: System Center Orchestrator 2012 – Test & Start RunBooks : http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive...

Starting a Runbook In Orchestrator a runbook is started by inserting a record in the jobs table in the database. The record contains at minimum the Runbook ID and any input parameters required by the runbook. Optionally, the record may indicate the Runbook...

We worked with Kelverion to make sure that our System Center customers who have BMC products will be able to get BMC integration packs that work with System Center 2012- Orchestrator without cost. I’m happy to announce that the BMC IPs RTM are...

The Microsoft Management Summit 2012 is only three weeks away!!  We can’t wait to see you all there. We will be running a series of focus groups at MMS to gather feedback from you on current and future versions of System Center. Participating in...

I was looking through the new articles over on our TechNet Wiki and came across this one that I thought you might find helpful. This one was written by Microsoft’s own Anil Erduran and in it he talks about Smart Links and link conditions in System Center...

One of the first questions people have when they start writing custom Orchestrator activities using the SDK is “How do I step through my code?”. After all, activities are not executables, they’re just classes. And, it’s not until the classes are packaged...

Yesterday, I wrote about how to debug a custom activity using Visual Studio . Today I’m going to show you how to add an item to the Options Menu so that you can have a reusable configuration setting that can be used across multiple activities in an IP...

In the last post , I showed how to create a configuration for an activity that shows up in the options menu. I also showed how you can use that configuration setting to modify the actions of the activity at runtime. In this post, I’ll show you how to...

While at MMS last week, it was apparent that many people were still finding out about Orchestrator. One of the most common comments I heard was something like “I really think Orchestrator is cool, but I already have a Service Manager-like tool in place...

Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft System Center 2012 cloud and data-center management solutions empower you with a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services. Learn how to deliver flexible and cost-effective...

Adam Hall just announced a couple new articles that were published on Opalis and the next version of Opalis, Orchestrator: We have published two new articles that discuss how to evaluate the Reach and Scale of Opalis. These articles and associated Runbooks...

Following the Orchestrator 2012 Beta announcement and the previously posted What to Expect in the Beta below is a list of...

The Orchestrator 2012 Beta is barely “out of the oven” and I have some fun PowerShell stuff for you to play with...

Our colleague Zhenhua Yao has done it again! Another great blog can be found on his Blog , this time helping you troubleshoot...

We have had a lot of requests for a Team Foundation Server Integration Pack, and the team has been working on, testing and...

As I’m playing around with our pre-beta build of Orchestrator, I’m building lots of little tools for interacting with it...

There have been a lot of questions and a lot of excitement about the upcoming Orchestrator Beta release, and I wanted to...

At MMS last week, we unveiled the new features that will be delivered with the next version of Opalis, now announced as System...

A common question we get is “Do you have an Integration Pack for <insert a product/solution here>?” Charles even wrote...

This is a question I get every now and then and since I didn’t see it spelled out anywhere I thought I’d go ahead and answer it here.  The question is whether or not Opalis 6.3 supports clustering of the Integration or Management server, and if so...

Today we are very excited to announce the availability of 2 updated Integration Packs (IPs) for System Center Orchestrator...

Hi everyone We have posted 2 new Orchestrator downloads in the Download Center for the System Center 2007/2008/2010 releases...