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AutomationHow to make my IT life easier
Christopher Keyaert
Consultant at Inovativ
Cloud
and DataCenter Management MVP
Slide2About Me
@
KeyaertC
Christopher Keyaert
IT Consultant for INOVATIV
System Center Cloud and
Datacenter Management
Slide3Agenda
Automation
Orchestrator
Service Management Automation
Orchestrator VS SMA
Conclusion
Slide4Automation
Slide5Process automation that simplifies cloud management
Integration Integrate into existing systems with PowerShell integration modulesBuild additional PS modules to enable integrating into other systems
OrchestrationAccelerate time to value with flexible process workflowsImprove service reliability across multiple tools, systems, and department silos
AutomationEnable Cloud providers to focus on work that adds business valueReduce error-prone manual activities while lowering costs
Optimize and extend existing investments
Deliver flexible and reliable services
Lower costs and improve predictability
Slide6Automation
Slide7Include the right people
You NEED to include people who understand process and technology
This is a strategic and tactical tool.
Examples of people to include…
Service Desk manager
System Center technology lead
IT Leadership
Including the right people = success
Slide8Decisions – Which process automate ?
What work process has the biggest payoff?
… will my customers notice the difference?
… how am I articulating the value?
Incident Management (symptom management)
Service Request Management (Move, Add, Change)
Change Management (IT Changes)
Risk and Compliance (Operations)
Slide9PLAN TO TRANSFORM PROCESSES…
A great tool doesn’t make a bad process better…
Transform the processes
Work it out in a worksheet ahead of time
Look at the end result
Set the vision
Slide10Orchestrator
System Center Orchestrator 2012 R2
Slide11What is Orchestrator
Automate processes in your data center, regardless of hardware or platform.
Automate
your IT operations and standardize best practices to improve operational efficiency.
Connect
different systems from different vendors without having to know how to use scripting and programming languages.
Slide12Orchestrator Architecture
Slide13Automation by Runbooks
Slide14Orchestrator - Demo
Slide15Service Management Automation
Aka SMA
Slide16What is SMA ?
Run
and manage
runbooks
to integrate, orchestrate, and automate IT business processes.
Set
of tools that is integrated as the Automation extension in Windows Azure Pack for Windows
Server.
Runbooks
run on the Windows PowerShell workflow engine.
Slide17SMA Components
Web service
Connects to Windows Azure Pack
Distributes
runbook
jobs to
runbook
workers
Supports HTTPS
Enables security group to control access
Runbook
worker
Executes
runbook
jobs
Runs under a service account
PowerShell
module
Enables Automation management by using Windows PowerShell
cmdlets
Slide18SMA Architecture
Slide19Creation a SMA Runbook
Slide20Automation by Runbooks
Slide21Automation by Runbooks (2)
Slide22SMA - Demo
Slide23Orchestrator VS SMA
Slide24Should I use Orchestrator or SMA?
Orchestrator
Automate business processes and IT operations in your data center without scripting or programming.You can also use PowerShell cmdlets to run other System Center 2012 components/Cmdlets.Let you use integration packs that are not covered by PowerShell. (Example : Leveraging Service Manager)
SMA
“new future way” of building
Runbooks
based on PowerShell Workflow.
Automate
processes within the Windows Azure
Pack
. (
Runbooks
for tenants /
admins)
Runs Windows PowerShell workflows, you can also use PowerShell
cmdlets
to run other System Center 2012
components/
Cmdlets
.
P
rovides
64bit support with PowerShell workflow
Slide25Orchestrator VS SMA
The death of Orchestrator has been greatly over exaggerated.They are definitely separate solutions in the same “ISO”.
Slide26Conclusion
Slide27Automation is Awesome !!
Including the right people = success
A great tool doesn’t make a bad process better
Slide28Phase and Manage scope
Don’t try to bite off the whole thing at once
Succeed end-to-end on each process
List off
features, move
other features to next
phases
Something ALWAYS comes up… plan for
that
Determine your ROI for your requests
Deploy automations which benefit your business
Slide29Orchestrator - References
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/09/18/free-ebook-system-center-designing-orchestrator-runbooks.aspx
http://www.amazon.fr/System-Center-2012-Orchestrator-Unleashed/dp/0672336103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383428735&sr=8-1&keywords=orchestrator+unleashed
Slide30SMA - Links
Introduction to Service Management Automation
http://
blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/08/09/automation-an-introduction-to-service-management-automation.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/tags/intro+to+sma
/
TechNet Library
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn469258.aspx
Slide31Questions
Slide32Onze Sponsoren
Slide33Microsoft - Links
Download the Evaluation: Windows Server 2012 R2Download the Evaluation: Microsoft System Center 2012 R2Microsoft Virtual Academy
Slide34Thank you !!!
Automation
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