SCSM 2019 - Skip Activity Task for non-admins
Hello Community! So this is my first post and hoping it brings value for some of you! I currently work at Cireson and in my role I am heavily involved in the SCSM space. Recently I had a request from a customer to ask if there was a 2019 version of the below Custom Task that Rob Ford built: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/SCSM-2012-Skip-Activity-5a3a763d#content I noticed that there wasn't (Well I couldn't find one!), so decided to refactor Rob's code and get this working for 2016/2019. The aim of this task is to allow non admins to skip activites in the console as the out of the box task is admin only. So simply this is just a task override. Attached you will find an .mpb file which contains the .xml, the icon and the .dll which is running the code for the task. Just import the .mpb into your SCSM environment and give it a test! Let me know what you think and if this will help. Thanks, ShaneAdd localization to Service Manager 2016 Self-Service Portal (with Estonian localization sample)
Introduction As setting up Service Manager 2016 Self-Service Portal we wanted to add Estonian localization to the new HTML Self-Service Portal as we had done with the old one. Without too much hassle we figured out how language files are added and where the files are so the next steps were to translate the new localization file and make a minor adjustment to "Company" title to make it change with localization. Steps to add a new localization Step 1: Create the missing localization file to the following folder on you SSP IIS server In our case we created the following file: SelfServicePortalResources.et.resx C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SelfServicePortal\App_GlobalResources\ Step 2: Add the missing localization by adding a line to _Layout.cshtml file in the following folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SelfServicePortal\Views\Shared\ You can choose your own position but I set Estonian as first on the list and either delete the ones that you don't need or comment them out with <!-- comment --> tags. <ul class="lang_menu hidden" data-select-lang=@currentCulture> <li value="et-EE">Eesti</li> <li value="en-US">English</li> <!-- <li value="fr-FR">français</li> <li value="de-DE">Deutsch</li> <li value ""> ..etc.. </li> --> </ul> That's pretty much it if you don't want to change the "Company" title when changing the localization. Step 3(optional): When you also want to make localization changes to change the "Company" title you need to make a tiny change to _Layout.cshtml file in the following folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SelfServicePortal\Views\Shared\ You need to change the following line from <div class="col span_15 logo">@System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["CompanyName"]</div> to <div class="col span_15 logo">@Resources.SelfServicePortalResources.PageTitle</div> This change will make your "Company" title information come from the active localization file instead of console defined "Company" name. <data name="PageTitle" xml:space="preserve"> <value>Localized "Company" title</value> </data> Restrictions I know that Service Manager 2012 that was built on SharePoint 2010 supported only a specific set of languages but I would think that the new portal supports more. Resources (in attachments) Attached a .zip archive with translation files for Service Manager 2016 and if anyone is still looking for this a Service Manager 2012 localization. If you don't want to download a ready file you can alternatively copy-paste the SM16 code from Spoilers! below. SelfServicePortalResources.et.resx - SCSM 2016 SSP localization SilverlightModule_StringResources.ET.resx - SCSM 2012 SSP localization Sources http://www.lingoes.net/en/translator/langcode.htm - find your language code in this list Translated with the help of my dear colleaguesSystem Center 2019 – What’s new
Microsoft just launched Windows Server 2019 and Windows Admin Center, which also raised the interest in System Center 2019. At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft was talking about what is new in System Center 2019, the future of System Center, and how it fits in with Windows Admin Center and other management tools. Check out what is new in System Center 2019 here: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2018/12/system-center-2019/Service Manager 2019 updates? Orchestrator?
Hello, I was wondering when or IF there will be any new updates like a UR3 for SCSM. I can really find no documentation on upgrade paths or release date or even a TBD. Just trying to find out if SCSM is dead or not. If not when will the next update get released since SCOM update got recently released? I do not want to have my system center running a different version of updates. Also, what about Orchestrator? Something else I can limited information on. When is that getting an update?
