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2. Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
Introduction to PowerShell Workflow Joe Levy, Program Manager Symon Perriman, Senior Technical Evangelist Cloud & Enterprise Microsoft
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3. Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
Meet the Speakers
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4. Joe Levy​ ​Program Manager Cloud & Enterprise, Microsoft @Jodoglevy
Build 2012
12/4/2018
Joe Levy​ ​Program Manager Cloud & Enterprise,
Joe Levy is a Program Manager on the Automation and Integration team of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise division. He has expertise in PowerShell, PowerShell Workflow, System Center, Windows Azure, and Windows Azure Pack. He is a graduate of Duke University, with a degree in Computer Science.​​​ 
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5. Agenda Introduction to PowerShell Workflow
Build 2012
12/4/2018
Agenda
Introduction to PowerShell Workflow
Benefits of PowerShell Workflow
PowerShell vs. PowerShell Workflow
Best Practices
PowerShell Workflow with SMA
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6. Introduction to PowerShell Workflow
Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
Introduction to PowerShell Workflow
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7. Windows Workflow Foundation
PowerShell Workflow
Windows Workflow Foundation
PowerShell
PowerShell Workflow

8. Windows Workflow Foundation
For defining and executing long-running processes
Main benefits:
Cross-host execution
Ability to run sections in parallel or serially
Interruptible, suspendable, resumeable execution
Written in XAML

9. PowerShell For managing local and remote hosts and systems
Main benefits:
Easy to use scripting language
Extensible
Lots of 1st party and 3rd party modules / script content
Lively community

10. Windows Workflow Foundation
PowerShell Workflow – Best of Both Worlds
Windows Workflow Foundation
PowerShell
PowerShell Workflow

11. PowerShell Workflow – Best of Both Worlds
For defining and executing long-running processes – using PowerShell!
Write using familiar PowerShell syntax, compile into Windows Workflow
Leverage PowerShell modules, scripts
Cross-host execution / management
Ability to run sections in parallel or serially
Interruptible, suspendable, resumeable execution

12. Benefits of PowerShell Workflow
Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
Benefits of PowerShell Workflow
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13. PowerShell Workflow
Need a way to define and execute long-running processes that span many hosts / systems
Need robust, reliable, fault-tolerant execution
Need to parallelize
Need to be able to integrate into many tools / systems / services
Need an easy authoring language

14. PowerShell vs PowerShell Workflow
Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
PowerShell vs PowerShell Workflow
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15. Only in PowerShell Workflow
Parallel
Foreach –Parallel
Sequence
InlineScript
Checkpoint-Workflow
Suspend-Workflow

16. Only in PowerShell Add-History Invoke-History Add-PSSnapin New-Alias
Clear-History
New-Variable
Clear-Variable
Out-GridView
Complete-Transaction
Remove-PSBreakpoint
Debug-Process
Remove-PSSnapin
Disable-PSBreakpoint
Remove-Variable
Enable-PSBreakpoint
Set-Alias
Enter-PSSession
Set-PSBreakpoint
Exit-PSSession
Set-PSDebug
Export-Alias
Set-StrictMode
Export-Console
Set-TraceMode
Get-Alias
Set-Variable
Get-History
Start-Transaction
Get-PSBreakpoint
Start-Transcript
Get-PSCallStack
Stop-Transcript
Get-PSSnapin
Trace-Command
Get-Transaction
Undo-Transaction
Get-Variable
Use-Transaction
Import-Alias
Write-Host, Read-Host, Import-Module

17. Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
Best Practices
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18. Common PowerShell Workflow Best Practices
Cannot use positional parameters
PowerShell
PowerShell Workflow
workflow foo {
$numbers 2, 3)
$numbers | Where-Object { $_ -eq 1 } }
$numbers 2, 3)
$numbers | Where-Object { $_ -eq 1 }
Where-Object : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Where-Object], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WhereObjectCommand
+ PSComputerName : [localhost] 1

19. Common PowerShell Workflow Best Practices
Cannot use positional parameters
PowerShell Workflow
workflow foo {
$numbers 2, 3)
$numbers | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_ -eq 1 } } 1

20. Common PowerShell Workflow Best Practices
Cannot call methods
PowerShell
PowerShell Workflow
$date = Get-Date
$date.AddDays(1)
workflow bar {
$date = Get-Date
$date.AddDays(1) }
Friday, September 12, :52:30 PM
At line:3 char:5
+ $date.AddDays(1)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Method invocation is not supported in a Windows PowerShell Workflow. To use .NET scripting, place your commands in an inline script: InlineScript { <commands> }.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodInvocationNotSupported

21. Common PowerShell Workflow Best Practices
Cannot call methods
PowerShell Workflow
workflow bar {
InlineScript {
$date = Get-Date
$date.AddDays(1) }
Friday, September 12, :52:30 PM

22. Common PowerShell Workflow Best Practices
Objects are deserialized
PowerShell
PowerShell Workflow
$vm = New-AzureVMConfig `
-Name "asdassa" `
-InstanceSize Medium `
-ImageName "asd" `
-MediaLocation " `
-AvailabilitySetName "dsffdfd" `
-DiskLabel "OS"
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig `
-WindowsDomain `
-AdminUserName "sdf" `
-Password "sdffd" `
-DisableAutomaticUpdates `
-Domain "sdfsfd" `
-JoinDomain "sdsfd" `
-DomainUserName "sdfdsfd" `
-DomainPassword "sdfddf“ `
-VM $vm
workflow foobar {
$vm = New-AzureVMConfig `
-Name "asdassa" `
-InstanceSize Medium `
-ImageName "asd" `
-MediaLocation " `
-AvailabilitySetName "dsffdfd" `
-DiskLabel "OS"
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig `
-WindowsDomain `
-AdminUserName "sdf" `
-Password "sdffd" `
-DisableAutomaticUpdates `
-Domain "sdfsfd" `
-JoinDomain "sdsfd" `
-DomainUserName "sdfdsfd" `
-DomainPassword "sdfddf" `
-VM $vm }
Cannot bind parameter 'VM'. Cannot convert the "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.Model.PersistentVM" value of type
"Deserialized.Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.Model.PersistentVM" to type "Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.Model.IPersistentVM".
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Add-AzureProvisioningConfig], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.IaaS.AddAzureProvisioningConfigCommand
+ PSComputerName : [localhost]

23. Common PowerShell Workflow Best Practices
Objects are deserialized
PowerShell Workflow
workflow foobar {
InlineScript {
$vm = New-AzureVMConfig `
-Name "asdassa" `
-InstanceSize Medium `
-ImageName "asd" `
-MediaLocation " `
-AvailabilitySetName "dsffdfd" `
-DiskLabel "OS"
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig `
-WindowsDomain `
-AdminUserName "sdf" `
-Password "sdffd" `
-DisableAutomaticUpdates `
-Domain "sdfsfd" `
-JoinDomain "sdsfd" `
-DomainUserName "sdfdsfd" `
-DomainPassword "sdfddf" `
-VM $vm }

24. PowerShell Workflow with Service Management Automation
Windows Server Management Marketing
12/4/2018
PowerShell Workflow with Service Management Automation
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25. Built on PowerShell Workflow
12/4/2018
Built on PowerShell Workflow
PowerShell Workflow
Use Windows PowerShell syntax
Multi-device management
Running a single task to manage complex, end-to-end processes
Automated failure recovery
Connection and activity retries
Centralized Store
Credentials / certificates
Global variable
Global connection for runbooks
Modules
Runbooks (draft / published versioning)
Scheduling
Highly Available
Runbook servers to process jobs
Odata Web service to submit / retrieve status
SQL Server clustering / always on
Historical Analysis
Historical view of runbook jobs
Reporting through Excel PowerPivot for ROI
View runbook used for all jobs
PowerShell Workflow
Centralized store
Service Management Automation
Highly Available
Historical Analysis
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26. Tech Ready 15
12/4/2018
Summary
PowerShell Workflow is useful for executing long-running processes reliably, using PowerShell syntax
PowerShell Workflow is the underlying engine for SMA runbooks
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