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Using System Center 2012 Orchestrator, you can capture and document processes across your entire IT organization, establishing the automation you need to deliver advanced cloud services and self-adjusting computing resources.
Authored by five leading System Center experts, this comprehensive reference and technical guide brings together all the knowledge you€ll need to architect, install, implement, integrate, and maximize the value of your own Orchestrator solutions. The authors introduce current best practices based on large-scale enterprise implementations they€ve personally led or participated in.
This up-to-date guide shows how to apply Orchestrator€s major improvements to implement IT process automation in any environment, including private clouds. You€ll start with context: what Orchestrator does, how it has evolved, how it works, and essential architecture and design techniques. Next, the authors help you make crucial up-front decisions about activities, runbooks, security, and administration. Finally, you€ll find expert guidance for integrating Orchestrator with the rest of System Center and with Windows Azure cloud services€"including advanced automated workflows that encompass both data center and cloud.
Detailed information on how to€¦
€ Understand System Center 2012 Orchestrator€s capabilities, evolution, architecture, and design, including SP1 improvements and R2
€ Successfully install System Center 2012 Orchestrator and migrate smoothly from Opalis Integration Server 6.3
€ Take full advantage of Orchestrator€s advanced new runbook automation capabilities
€ Configure activities associated with runbook control, systems, scheduling, monitoring, files, email, notification, and data handling
€ Design runbooks for fault tolerance and optimal performance
€ Enforce strong security using roles, permissions, and auditing
€ Deliver integration capabilities for Operations Manager, Service Manager, Configuration Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, and Data Protection Manager
€ Automate end-to-end data center/ cloud workflows with integration packs and PowerShell
€ Create your own integration packs with Orchestrator Integration Toolkit (OIT.SDK)
€ Support Orchestrator 2012, troubleshoot problems, and discover the best web and third-party resources
