Orchestrator 2012

Exchange Management IP for Orchestrator 2012 released today!

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1 day ago
by Bart Timmermans in , , , , , , , , , , ,

Today I released my Exchange Management IP for Orchestrator 2012. It is currently available for download at the Microsoft Technet Galleries: GET IT HERE

This integration pack is an addition on the already available Exchange Mail and Exchange calendering integration packs. This IP will allow you to automate all (or at least most of them) Exchange (2010) related management tasks. For example:

  • Adding and removing mailbox permissions
  • Changing the Quota of a mailbox.
  • Mailbox database and DAG management.

All activities are aware of your Exchange environment. There is no need to select a specific server. A server is automatically selected based on availability. There is also no need to install the Exchange Management Console or Powershell cmdlets. All activities use remote Powershell to connect to your Exchange environment.

Documentation is included in the ZIP file which explains most of the features including input parameters and published data. Integration with Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager is possible.

If you would like to have features added please drop me a line. Also you can follow me on twitter (@Bart_Inovativ) to receive updates on my development work and more System Center stuff.

Enjoy!

Orchestrator 2012 – OIT Custom icon DLL creation

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2 weeks ago
by Bart Timmermans in , , , , , , , , , , ,

This (mini) blog article will demonstrate how to create a custom icon DLL which can be used with the Orchestrator Integration Toolkit. For this example we are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

For every activity you will need two icons in bitmap format.  You will need to different icon sizes (16×16 and 32×32) and the filename must end with _16.bmp or _32.bmp. Below you can find an example of a icon called Exchange_MBX.

Size Name
16×16 Exchange_MBX_16.bmp
32×32 Exchange_MBX_32.bmp

All images are clickable.

 

Step by step guide:

 

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Orchestrator and Exchange better together – Sneak preview

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3 weeks ago
by Bart Timmermans in , , , , , , , , ,

Currently I am working on a new Exchange IP (Integration Pack) for System Center 2012 Orchestrator. With this IP you will have the ability to automate the process of almost all Exchange related tasks. A couple of examples:

Activities are still added day by day. So don’t worry if you are missing some activities.

All activities are aware of your Exchange environment. There is no need to select a specific server. A server is automatically selected based on availability and Active Directory Site. There is also no need to install the Exchange Management Console or Powershell cmdlets. All activities use remote Powershell to connect to your Exchange environment.

Within this blogpost I will give you a sneak preview about one of the activities which are part of the IP.

Changing the mailbox quota of a user

For the Change Mailbox Quota activity three input properties are required.

  1. Mailbox (the username, alias, DN of the mailbox you would like to change)
  2. Mailbox Quota (the size in MB of the quota)
  3. Warning Percentage (when should a user be alerted)

Within this example we are going to change the mailbox quota of my own mailbox. Currently I don’t have a quota applied to my mailbox (lucky me).

Below a screenshot from my Exchange mailbox properties.

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Features for the Exchange 2010 IP for Orchestrator 2012

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3 weeks ago
by Bart Timmermans in , , , , , ,

I am currently working on a new or extended Orchestrator 2012 integration pack for Exchange Server 2010.First (test) release will hopefully be released next friday (april 27th). It will include the following activities:

Enable-Mailbox
New-Mailbox
Delete-Mailbox
Disable-Mailbox
New-AcceptedDomain
Remove-AcceptedDomain
New-ReceiveConnector
Remove-ReceiveConnector
New-SendConnector
Remove-SendConnector
New-DistrubtionGroup
Remove-DitritibutionGroup
New-ClientAccessArray
Remove-ClientAccessArray
New-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup
Remove-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup
New-MailboxDatabase
Remove-MailboxDatabase

Current release schedule:

  • First beta (0.1): April 27th
  • Second beta with additional features (0.2): May 7th
  • Release Candidate with bug fixes (0.5): May 20th
  • Final first release (1.0): May 27th

If you would like to see additional features for this integration pack or want to take part of the testing phase please let me know @twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/Bart_Inovativ)

Microsoft releases beta for Microsoft Orchestrator 2012

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11 months ago
by Bart Timmermans in , , , ,

Source: Microsoft

The System Center Orchestrator Beta product provides the capability of automation of workflows (Runbooks) across other System Center and 3rd party products. These runbooks are created in the Runbook Designer, deployed via the Deployment Manager and run and monitored locally or remotely via the Orchestrator Console.

Feature Bullet Summary:
 

  • Management Server
  • Orchestrator Console
  • Runbook Designer
  • Deployment Manager
  • Web service for reporting

Download the beta here.

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