Three packages available, for Orchestrator 2012, Operations Manager and Service Manager

Jan 19, 2012 10:29 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has just made available for download on its servers Release Candidates of various component add-ons and extensions for System Center 2012.

The new 2012 RC flavors of these releases cover Orchestrator 2012, Operations Manager and Service Manager.

Three different packages have been made available for download for interested parties, each with a different set of components.

The System Center Orchestrator 2012 Component Add-ons and Extensions 2012 RC package features the System Center 2012 Orchestrator Integration Toolkit and the System Center 2012 Orchestrator Release Candidate Integration Packs.

The features list of the Integration Toolkit shows security enhancements, new generic activity icons, resolved issues with upgrading IPs multiple times, and fixed issues with DLL / dependent file conflicts among different IPs.

The System Center 2012 Orchestrator Release Candidate Integration Packs offer interface and control capabilities over other existing System Center products through a series of custom activities.

The available System Center 2012 – Service Manager add-ons and extensions include: System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool, IT Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Process Management Pack, and System Center Cloud Services Process Pack (which is actually coming soon!).

“The System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool is a tool for customization and extension of the built-in functionality in System Center Service Manager,” Microsoft explains.

“This release supports modifying existing Process Management Packs and creating new Management Packs that define extensions to the Service Manager database for tracking additional information, customizations of forms or new forms, and new workflows. This release is available in 10 languages.”

The IT Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Process Management Pack is meant to offer better efficiency to IT GRC program management, simplified and consolidated IT GRC workloads, and the like.

As for the add-ons and extensions included in the new System Center 2012 – Operation Manager RC, we can count UNIX/Linux Shell Command Template Management Pack and JEE Management Packs.

Download System Center 2012 – Orchestrator 2012 Component Add-ons and Extensions 2012 RC

Download System Center 2012 – Service Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions 2012 RC

Download System Center 2012 – Operations Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions 2012 RC