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Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Michael Seidl, Steve Beaumont, Samuel Erskine (EUR), Andreas Baumgarten
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Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Michael Seidl, Steve Beaumont, Samuel Erskine (EUR), Andreas Baumgarten

Overview of this book

With Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator Cookbook, you will start by learning how to efficiently install and secure System Center Orchestrator. You will then learn how you can create configuration files for SCO 2016. After initial installation and configuration, you will soon be planning and creating functional and fault-tolerant System Center runbooks to automate daily tasks and routine operations. Next you will delve into runbooks; you will learn how to create powerful and advanced runbooks such as Building your Runbook without a Dead End. You will also learn to create simple and advanced runbooks for your daily tasks. Towards the end of the book, you will learn to use SCO for other interesting tasks and also learn to maintain and perform SCO health checks. By the end of the book, you will be able to automate your administrative tasks successfully with SCO.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Runbook Designer standards and primer

This recipe provides you with introductory information on the Runbook Designer activities you must perform to create your Runbooks. The recipe also discusses current standard practices when working with the System Center 2016 Orchestrator component.

Getting ready

The requirements for this recipe is a fully deployed SCO environment and a user with administrative access to the Runbook Designer. The example provided uses the System Center Configuration Manager Integration Pack.

How to do it...

This recipe is categorized as follows:

  • How...