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Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 integrate with Orchestrator

We want to push out Software Updates to our servers, and use Orchestrator runbooks to do this.

We are using SCCM 2012 R2 and we already have created collections for our servers.

Can someone direct to instructions / procedures on how to create runbooks to deploy software updates if this can be done.

thanks

Jason Ryberg

SCCM can do this without interaction with Orchestrator. Are there constraints in your environment that prevent you from using application deployment from SCCM?

techgenious

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No constraints, I agree with you but someone mentioned to use Orchestrator integrated with SCCM.
Now they want it done this way, I do not see a reason why we would push updates with Orchestrator, maybe they were thinking automation and no interaction.

Can you give me reason why I should not use Orchestrator integration for software updates.
I am very new to this. I'd have to give management a reason.

Thanks

Jason Ryberg

Orchestrator is merely an automation engine. Without an enormous amount of time and effort spent developing runbooks, it can do nothing by itself. The tasks you are describing are already fulfilled very adequately by an exiting product (SCCM). By implementing Orchestrator runbooks, you will be duplicating efforts, wasting organizational funding, and your time (management's money).

Not to mention, almost anything you can do in Orchestrator can be done via PowerShell as well (non-SCCM activities).

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techgenious

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Wow thanks this really helps

techgenious

ASKER

excellent thanks