Over 30 recipes to automate your mission-critical tasks using the new and powerful Microsoft System Center 2016 OrchestratorAbout This BookCreate powerful runbooks for the entire System Center 2016 product lineExplore System Center 2016 Orchestrator to manage and automate your datacenterA recipe-based guide to using SCO efficientlyWho This Book Is ForIf you are a system administrator and want to simplify the process of automating system administration tasks using System Center Orchestrator 2016 then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of SCO is expectedWhat You Will LearnCreate Runbooks for IT Service Management processesDesign and create Runbooks for System Center Confguration Manager and Virtual Machine ManagerSet up System Center Orchestrator, making it highly availableCreate branching, looping, and child Runbooks to completely master System Center 2016 OrchestratorImplement a security model for your System Center Orchestrator deployment and to execute RunbooksManage and automate your Datacenter with powerful RunbooksAutomate your System Center environmentIn DetailWith Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator Cookbook, you will start by learning how to efficiently install and secure System Center Orchestrator. You will then learn how you can create configuration files for SCO 2016. After initial installation and configuration, you will soon be planning and creating functional and fault-tolerant System Center runbooks to automate daily tasks and routine operations. Next you will delve into runbooks; you will learn how to create powerful and advanced runbooks such as Building your Runbook without a Dead End. You will also learn to create simple and advanced runbooks for your daily tasks. Towards the end of the book, you will learn to use SCO for other interesting tasks and also learn to maintain and perform SCO health checks.By the end of the book, you will be able to automate your administrative tasks successfully with SCO.Style and approachThis book is written in a practical, cookbook style with numerous chapters and recipes focusing on creating runbooks to automate mission-critical and everyday administration tasks.