A Guide to Blog D’Joy

Readers/Viewers – The following is a guide to my past and current blog posts:

ALL VIDEOS - YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/charlesjoyMS
COMMUNITY CONTENT - CodePlex: https://opalis.codeplex.com/ and https://orchestrator.codeplex.com/

1. What is Opalis Integration Server / System Center Orchestrator?
   • Start Here! - Product Overview and Demo
   • Why Opalis / Orchestrator? (Value Prop)
   • Does Opalis / Orchestrator have an Integration Pack for __________?
   • Opalis / Orchestrator Architecture & Workflow Deployment Process Documentation
   • System Center Orchestrator 2012 BETA is here!
   • System Center 2012 Pre-Releases Available Now!
2. Installation
   • Installing Opalis Integration Server 6.3 - Video Tutorial
   • Installing Opalis Integration Server – Operator Console – Video Tutorial
   • Opalis Operator Console as a Windows Service Video Tutorial!!
   • Opalis Operator Console as a Windows Service – UPDATE
   • Installing Opalis Integration Server 6.2.2 - Video Tutorial
3. Using Opalis Integration Server / System Center Orchestrator 
   • Manual Workflow Initiation
   • CMDB Federation and Event Remediation
   • Nested Workflows
   • Integration Pack for Standard OIS Logging
   • Data Manipulation Functions within OIS
   • Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution 1.00
   • OIS / Orchestrator to SCOM Multi-Option Initiation
   • OIS / Orchestrator to SCVMM PowerShell Execution Options
   • Opalis / Orchestrator & SharePoint, Together At Last
   • SCDEMO Reporting – Powered by Opalis / Orchestrator 
   • Automated Hyper-V Integration Services Upgrade with OIS / Orchestrator and VMM!
   • iSCSI Automation
   • Start Policies using PowerShell (right now!)
   • Orchestrated Cloud Application Deployment
   • PowerShell to SQL - Runbook Options (with Orchestrator!)
   • Automated System Center Advisor Agent Deployment with Service Management
   • 8 Minute Demo – OIS / Orchestrator & VMM Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1
   • Orchestrator CodePlex Integration Packs Updated!
   • 8 Minute Demo – System Center - Automated Provisioning Process
   • Orchestrator CodePlex Integration Packs
   • Orchestrated Tweets!
   • SC2012 Solution Runbook Examples
   • 8 Minute Demo – SC2012 Orchestrator - Policy to Runbook Migration Tips
   • 8 Minute Demo – Simple Disaster Recovery with System Center 2012!
   • System Center Orchestrator - Engineering Blog!
4. Best Practices
   • OIS 6.3 / Orchestrator - Advanced Workflow & Best Practice Video Tutorial
   • OIS 6.3 / Orchestrator - External Interfaces
   • OIS 6.3 / Orchestrator - Self-Monitoring & Event Notifications
5. Extensibility
   • Quick Integration Kit (Orchestrator Integration Toolkit) 
   • .NET Scripting Object – C#
   • .NET Scripting Object – PowerShell!
   • Invoke Web Services Object
   • Query Database Object (SQL)
   • OIS / Orchestrator SCOM Extensibility Kit
6. Other Posts
   • Ad-Hoc Process Monitor with PowerShell
   • Duplicate Link Finder
   • Sanitizing OIS Exports
   • Link Properties, Published Data with Newline Characters, and Regular Expressions
   • What is next for Opalis Integration Server?
   • CodePlextravaganza!
   • Invoke Web Services Object – Workaround for “Unexpected” XML Output
   • 8 Minute Demo – KINECTing Runbooks (Just for Fun!)
   • 8 Minute Demo – Runbook Designer Zoom!
7. Community Contributions
   • Integration Pack for Standard Logging and other Community Release Info
   • Cross-Post Action! Opalis, The Path to IT Process Automation
   • More Great Community Content!
   • Introducing Jim Britt - TechNet Blogger and Opalis Guy
   • Introducing Tiander Turpijn - Sr. Technology Specialist and Opalis Guy
   • Released! - System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed
   • Introducing Damian Flynn - MVP and Opalis Guy
   • Introducing Brian Nielsen - Microsoft vTSP and Orchestrator Guy

enJOY!