Orchestrated Tweets!

Hello Readers/Viewers!

I am not sure if you have seen this CodePlex Integration Pack yet… if you haven’t, you are in for a nice trweet… :)

Social Media Integration Pack for System Center Orchestrator 2012 by VIAcode

After following the very simple instructions for deployment/install, I decided to give it a go!

The following is my experience with this neat-o IP so far (my first end-to-end test):

Integration Pack Configuration:

Connection Created with the name of the Account used: "OrchestratorGuy"

NOTE: The "Access Token" and "Access Token Secret" are generated after you authenticate to Twitter using the included "SMIP Twitter Authentication Tool".

Runbook Configuration:

• Activity Level Looping on "Get Tweets" IP Activity
  • This allows me to completely control the Published Data Output and Log Output.
• "Tweet!" Activity takes data from the "Get Tweets" IP Activity

Activity Configuration:

"Get Tweets" Activity

Filtering Tweets on text "SC2012OrchestratorRocks"

"Tweet!" Activity

Published Data from the "Get Tweets" Activity is used to construct the "reply" Tweet.

Results of Orchestrated Tweeting!

• Step 1: Start Runbook
• Step 2: Send Test Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/thanosrules/status/188130076536217600

• Step 3: Wait for Automated Reply Quoted Tweet
• Step 4: Voila! https://twitter.com/#!/OrchestratorGuy/status/188130209592123392

With my head in the clouds, and my tweet on the ground... :)

See, Datacenter Automation is Fun!

For more cool stuff, follow me @thanosrules and\or @OrchestratorGuy

enJOY!