CHAPTER 4Modular runbook design and development

In this chapter we will introduce the topic of runbook design and the foundational components that Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 provides for creating runbooks. The more familiar you are with all of the properties, behavior, and functionality of these building block components, the more efficiently you will be able to build runbooks to automate your IT processes. This section is similar to the process a developer must go through when learning a new development language. Developers learn the capabilities of all the statements and commands while also learning how to implement basic programming and algorithmic concepts such as looping and branching.

What is a runbook?

A runbook is a set ...

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