Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Orchestrator: Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution 1.2

New Integration Pack for Powershell now available in version 1.2
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This Integration Pack provides extended PowerShell Script Execution capabilities for the Orchestrator (executed from and against both x86 and x64 OSs).

For more information, please refer to the blog post announcement(s) for this contribution:

 http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/01/automation-orchestrator-integration-pack-for-powershell-script-execution-version-1-2.aspx

 http://blogs.technet.com/b/building_clouds/archive/2013/01/31/automation-orchestrator-integration-pack-for-powershell-script-execution.aspx

 http://blogs.technet.com/b/charlesjoy/archive/2011/05/04/ois-integration-pack-for-powershell-script-execution-1-00.aspx


This Integration Pack adds the following activities to the Orchestrator:

  • Execute PS Script
  • Execute PS Script - Global
What's New?
  • New IP Connection - Authentication Method - CredSSP
  • New IP Global Connection / Activity Functionality - Get Host Name from Activity
  • New IP Activity Execution Option - Execute Asynchronously

    NOTE: Much more detail is provided in both the associated blog post(s) and included documentation.
System Requirements
  • System Center 2012 Orchestrator (SP1+)
  • System Center 2012 Orchestrator Integration Toolkit (SP1)
  • Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework
  • PowerShell 2.0+
  • winrm quickconfig command executed on local and target machines where PS Scripts will be executed
  • Enable-WSManCredSSP for Client and Server roles as needed if CredSSP functionality is desired
Included in the download (Orchestrator Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution 1.1.zip):
  1. Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution 1.2 - User Guide.docx (updated documentation)
  2. ExecutePS_1.2.oip (System Center 2012 SP1 – Orchestrator Integration Pack)
NOTE: Please Refer to the included User Guide for usage information.