SMlets

Now that we have a basic understanding of how to import and get the details of Service Manager PowerShell cmdlets, let's move toward the application of these available cmdlets.

Before jumping to the functionality, we will get the details of the additional external cmdlets.

There are a few open source projects available that provide an extension to the functionality that a normal SCSM PowerShell console has. One such SMlets codeplex project is created by James Truher. By default, the System Center Integration pack for SCSM and Orchestrator doesn't have all the functionalities to perform full automation. This SMlets project allows you to get some extensive functions that get added to the existing functionality. The SMlets project can be found at http://smlets.codeplex.com.

The following is the information to get started with the basic use of SMlets.

The default Service Manager 2012 integration pack for Orchestrator has five actions that can be used to create objects. This is...