News in SCSM12 (Beta) #4 – Enable Self Service for Service Requests

By jscott, on October 29th, 2011%

In my last blog post I talked about automating Service Requests with Service Manager 2012, and I also promised to show how to allow end users and other consumers to directly create new Service Requests from a Web Portal. This in indeed a huge step forw… . . . → Read More: News in SCSM12 (Beta) #4 – Enable Self Service for Service Requests

Comments are closed   Automation, Automation with Opalis, Managing Objects, scsm12, self service, service request, service request fulfillment, Service Requests, sm12, Web Portal    

News in SCSM12 (Beta) #3 – Automation of Service Requests

By jscott, on October 28th, 2011%

In my last blog post I talked about the new Service Request Work Item type and how to use them. Service Requests are great, but it would be even cooler to automate the IT processes behind it. This is possible when you are using Service Manager 2012 to… . . . → Read More: News in SCSM12 (Beta) #3 – Automation of Service Requests

Comments are closed   Automation, Automation with Opalis, Orchestrator, Runbook, sco, SCSM, scsm12, service request, service request fulfillment, Service Requests, sm12, Workflows

The Killer App For OpenFlow and SDN? Security.

By jscott, on October 27th, 2011%

I spent yesterday at the PacketPushers/TechFieldDay OpenFlow Symposium. The event provided a good overview of what OpenFlow [currently] means, how it fits into the overall context of software-defined networking (SDN) and where it might… . . . → Read More: The Killer App For OpenFlow and SDN? Security.

Comments are closed   Automation, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Juniper, Networking, OpenFlow, SDN, Security, Virtualization, Virtualization Security

Fabric Management–Using F5 Load Balancers with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

By jscott, on October 27th, 2011%

With private cloud, one of the major differentiators is automation of service management. While you can do similar things in a traditional datacenter, the private cloud is, by design and intent, an automated and fully rationalized datacenter deployment… . . . → Read More: Fabric Management–Using F5 Load Balancers with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Comments are closed   Architecture, Automation, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Deployment, Fabric, Glenn Walton, Private Cloud, Service Templates, Social and Community

Orchestrator Migration–Locating Checked Out Policies

By jscott, on September 16th, 2011%

A topic came up recently on an internal distribution list that I have been planning on blogging about.  I figured it’s time to get it out to you because it is timely with the release of System Center Orchestrator Beta and future versions coming.  … . . . → Read More: Orchestrator Migration–Locating Checked Out Policies

Comments are closed   6.3, Adoption, Automation, How-To, Jim Britt, microsoft, Migration, Opalis Integration Server, Orchestrator, PowerShell, sql, System Center, workflow

SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell: A Match Made In Automation Heaven

By jscott, on September 15th, 2011%

We have all seen it a thousand times before. We need to make a change across tons of SharePoint sites or pull a report on specific values that just are not available in Central Admin. Banging one’s head off of the proverbial wall starts to happen as … . . . → Read More: SharePoint 2010 and PowerShell: A Match Made In Automation Heaven

Comments are closed   Automation, PowerShell, Sharepoint

SecurityAutomata: A Reference For Security Automation…

By jscott, on June 24th, 2011%

The SecurityAutomata Project is themed toward enabling consumers, service and technology solution providers to collectively share knowledge on how to automate and focus on the programmability of “security” across physical, virtua… . . . → Read More: SecurityAutomata: A Reference For Security Automation…

Comments are closed   Application Security, Automation, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, infrastructure security, Security, Virtualization, Virtualization Security

Running Powershell script as a background job

By jscott, on June 16th, 2011%

Sometimes we would like not to wait for a script block to complete and start another script block parallelly. We have the possibility to do that. Just use the invoke-command cmdlet and create a new job in a new session. For new session creation use th… . . . → Read More: Running Powershell script as a background job

Comments are closed   Automation, HowTo, MOSS, MOSS 2007, MS SQL, Parallel running, Parallel thread, PowerShell, powershell v2, scripting, Sharepoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, sharepoint inside, Windows

(Physical, Virtualized and Cloud) Security Automation – An API Example

By jscott, on June 7th, 2011%

The premise of my Commode Computing presentation was to reinforce that we desperately require automation in all aspects of “security” and should work toward leveraging APIs in stacks and products to enable not only control but also… . . . → Read More: (Physical, Virtualized and Cloud) Security Automation – An API Example

Comments are closed   Application programming interface, Audit, Automation, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, CloudAudit, Compliance, Sourcefire, VCloud, Virtualization, Virtualization Security, VMware

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