System Center 2012 Orchestrator (M55007)
System Center 2012 Orchestrator (M55007) Course Details:
In this course, you will gain the knowledge necessary to design, deploy, and maintain Microsoft's System Center 2012 Orchestrator. You will be introduced to the various System Center products, and then learn how Orchestrator 2012 is architected and deployed within the Systems Center suite. In addition, this course includes automation of processes to address various scenarios, which may be encountered in the business computing environment.
This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 55007: System Center 2012 Orchestrator.
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1. System Center 2012 Orchestrator
- History and Evolution of System Center
- System Center 2012 Product Suite
- System Center 2012 Licensing
- ITIL and MOF
- System Center 2012 Orchestrator
2. Design and Deployment Considerations for Orchestrator 2012
- Preparing to Deploy Orchestrator 2012
- Installing Orchestrator 2012
- Exploring Orchestrator 2012 Interfaces
- Examining Runbook Servers and Global Settings
3. Runbook Configuration Basics
- Creating Runbooks
- Creating Standard Activities
- Working with Monitors, Links, and Junctions
- Analyzing Data Using the Orchestrator Data Bus
- Stepping Through Runbooks with the Tester
- Exporting and Importing Runbooks
4. Advanced Runbooks and Complex Activities
- Designing Advanced Runbooks
- Integration Packs
- Automating Activities with Active Directory Integration Pack
- Implementing Integration Packs
- Executing Programs and Scripts Using Runbooks
5. PowerPivot Reporting
- PowerPivot for Excel
- Enabling PowerPivot for Reporting
6. Administration, Management, and Extensibility
- Determining Fault Tolerance
- Optimizing Performance and Capacity
- Installing with Command Line and Console Push
- Preparing for Disaster Recovery
- Upgrading from Opalis and Migrating Runbooks
- Utilizing the Orchestrator Integration Toolkit
7. System Center 2012 Integration
*Please Note: Course Outline is subject to change without notice. Exact course outline will be provided at time of registration.
- Role of Orchestrator 2012 and the entire System Center suite
- ITIL and MOF
- Install and configure Orchestrator 2012
- Customize, optimize, and scale Orchestrator 2012
- Implement runbook automation for native Windows processes
- Develop advanced runbooks using real-world scenarios
- Implement integration packs for other System Center and Microsoft products
- Implement configuration of error-handling and log monitoring
- Implement disaster recovery methods
- Implement maintenance and troubleshooting steps in Orchestrator 2012
Lab 1a: System Center 2012
Lab 1b: Service Management
Lab 2: Tour the Orchestrator 2012 Console and Initial Lab Environment Setup
Lab 3: Create Basic Runbooks
Lab 4: Create Advanced Runbooks and Complex Activities
Lab 5: Report with Excel PowerPivot
Lab 6a: Complete a Push Install of Runbook Designer and Runbook Server
Lab 6b: Prepare for Backup and Restore
Lab 7a: Set Up the Initial Lab Environment
Lab 7b: Create an Orchestrator 2012 Runbook
Lab 7c: Work with Orchestrator System Center Runbooks
Technical knowledge in the following areas:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system
- Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Experience with PowerShell, SQL Server, Excel PivotTables, and Opalis Integration Server
- Knowledge of the product(s) and function(s) that you plan to automate with Orchestrator 2012
- Familiarity with administration of other System Center 2012 products
- IT professionals who already have prerequisite technical knowledge of the systems they want to manage with Orchestrator 2012
- IT professionals who need to understand the critical components of the systems that might require automation