I am currently in development of my new mastering class in SMA.

Here is the detailed info and upcoming dates

Title

Windows Azure Pack – Mastering Service Management Automation

Days

3

Level

300

Trainer

Jakob Gottlieb Svendsen, Cloud & Data Center MVP.

Email: [email protected]

MVP Profile: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Jakob%20Gottlieb%20Svendsen-5000333

Blog: https://blog.ctglobalservices.com/jgs

Summary

Go from A to Z in Service Management Automation.

The new automation tool based on PowerShell Workflows.

Beside the introduction, architecture and installation, this workshop focuses on designing Runbooks using PowerShell Workflows in SMA.

Learn how to convert your knowledge of PowerShell scripts to PowerShell Workflows.

We will start from the beginning and progress into more advanced workflows later on.

Use parallel processing, checkpoints and other PowerShell workflow features

How to integrate to other system center products, for maintenance, monitoring or other scenarios.

Recommended; Some knowledge of PowerShell, but you do not have to be a PowerShell expert to join this workshop!

Target Group

This course is intended for Enterprise Systems Engineers, Administrators and System Integrators who wants to learn how to Automate the datacenter using Service Management Automation

Prequisites

Experience with Windows Server Administration

Basic understanding of Active Directory

Basic understanding of PowerShell

Recommended

Knowledge of Windows Azure Pack

Experience in PowerShell

Goal

Students will learn all parts of Service Management Automation, and many different runbook designs

Material

Lab manual.

Subjects

You will touch the following subjects, and more:

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Architecture
  • Minimum SMA Environment
  • Use Cases

Runbook Introduction

  • Introduction – Runbooks
  • PowerShell Workflow
  • Running a runbook in WAP
  • Using PowerShell Modules

Runbook Design

  • Workflows vs. Scripts
  • Creating your first runbook using the WAP Portal.
  • Activities vs. InlineScript
  • Inputs (parameters)
  • Calling sub runbooks
  • Developing Runbooks in PowerShell ISE and SMA Studio.

Runbook Structure

  • Using For each
  • Sequential Processing
  • + more.

Advanced Runbook Structure

  • Using Check Points
  • Parallel Processing

Triggering runbooks

  • Trigger via Events, Schedules or PowerShell

Assets

  • Variables
  • Connections
  • Credentials
  • Certificates

Integration to Windows Azure Pack

  • Automating the Web Site Provider
  • + more

Integration to System Center

  • SCOM, SCCM, SCSM + more.
  • Integration into.
  • Monitoring.
  • Integration to SharePoint

Administration

  • Using the PowerShell administration Module
  • Importing / Exporting runbook in PowerShell
  • Registering / Unregistering Runbook Workers
  • And more

Extensions

  • Creating a PowerShell Module
  • Creating a PowerShell Module with a custom connection asset type

Dates:

Copenhagen, Denmark:

http://www.labcenter.dk/Labs#!lab=Windows_Azure_Pack_-_Mastering_Service_Management_Automation

Stockholm, Sweden:

http://www.labcenter.se/Labs#lab=Windows_Azure_Pack_-_Mastering_Service_Management_Automation

Norway:

http://www.glasspaper.no/Kurs/2603.MasterClass-Windows-Azure-Pack—Mastering-Service-Management-Automation/?epslanguage=no