System Center 2012 Orchestrator System Center 2012 Orchestrator and its predecessor Opalis 6.3 are a very new subject to many IT Professionals and using IT Process Automation tools is not just as easy as install them and then learn on the job. Each ITPA tool is fully customizable to support the business process you wish to implement so they largely start as a blank sheet of paper. It is very easy to install Orchestrator or Opalis and create simple workflows but very quickly people find themselves hitting problems when they want to do more complex activities like branching, looping, persisting data and monitoring process completion. There are pitfalls to be avoided when implementing the solution and although some information exists, the reasons why you should avoid these and the correct approaches are not so well documented. After more than 4 years of using and implementing Opalis and Orchestrator I have learn what to do and not do to make the implementation successful. Some of the ...