Adding a Hybrid Runbook Worker for Azure Automation
Hey, everybody. Hope you are doing well. If you're not, you are about to be doing better, for I am going to embed a pre-release of "The Force Awakens" below! [...]
Which Automation Engine is Right for Your Organization?
I've recently been working with a few different organizations on server automation projects. If you have been following the Microsoft automation space for the past couple of years you have [...]
Using Orchestrator Variables
One of the great many features of System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2 is the ability to create reusable "Variables". Now I use the term Variable loosely given what I am [...]
Installing Updates with Orchestrator
I have recently been working on a few projects where I have been working on patching solutions with either Orchestrator or SMA. It is almost impossible to discuss patching in [...]
SCO: Run .NET Script Workarounds for PowerShell
Greetings and Felicitations, readers! This week's blog post is on the subject of System Center Orchestrator and the very useful, yet sometimes fickle, Run .NET Script activity. As many [...]
Finding Unused Runbooks in System Center Orchestrator
If you have been using System Center Orchestrator for any period of time there are chances that you have many different unused runbooks in your environment. Many organizations will version [...]
Patching SQL AlwaysOn with Orchestrator
Patching SQL AlwaysOn with Orchestrator is a bit different than the patching Hyper-V clusters with Orchestrator. If you've looked up the community runbook for cluster patching from Neil Peterson found [...]
Update Runbook GUIDs Script for SCSM
Update Runbook GUIDs Script for SCSM I spend a lot of my time assisting clients with Service Manager and helping deliver self-service automation capabilities to organizations. Two things often involved [...]
