System Center Orchestrator 2012 Beta
Orchestrator is a critical component in the System Center 2012 release, providing the Process Automation capability to our customers and giving them 3 key benefits:
· Optimizes existing datacenter investments by integrating, extending, and interoperating with heterogeneous tools and systems.
· Helps deliver flexible and reliable datacenter services by orchestrating process workflows across multi-disciplinary process silos
· Lowers costs and improves predictability by automating private cloud scenarios to reduce manual error-prone activities
following features for the beta:
· New unified installer experience based on System Center best practices
· New REST based web service supporting OData to enable easy management of the Orchestrator runtime environment
· New Orchestration Console web portal for IT operators to monitor and control Runbooks in their environment
· Updated cryptography and security model based on Microsoft best practices allowing for centralized security management.
· Rebranding of the product to represent the Microsoft System Center brand
· Significant improvements to security based on Microsoft SDL best practices
· Remediation / Removal of 3rd party code (no java requirements for Orchestrator 2012)
· Delivery of VMWare VSphere & IBM Netcool Integration packs
How to get involved:
You can install the product from the download center (should be live in the next few hours)
Learn about using the product at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc507089.aspx
Read about usage scenarios on https://blogs.technet.com/b/SCOrch
Download existing Opalis SC integration packs and Opalis SDK (Quick Integration Kit)
Download and contribute to the community at https://opalis.codeplex.com/
Send feedback on https://connect.microsoft.com/Opalis/Feedback