How to Create a New Management Pack File in the Authoring Tool

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager

To be able to implement customizations that you make in the System Center 2012 – Service Manager Authoring Tool, you have to save them to a management pack file.

If you customize an object from a sealed management pack, you will not be able to save that customization in the original sealed management pack. In this case, you can either use an existing unsealed management pack or you can create a new management pack, which by default will be unsealed.

You can use the following procedure to create a new management pack file.

To create a new management pack file

1. On your desktop, click Start.

2. Click Service Manager Authoring Tool, and wait for the Authoring Tool to open.

3. In the Authoring Tool, on the menu bar, click File, and then click New.

4. In the New Management Pack dialog box, enter a file name and a location for the new management pack file.

   Ensure that the file name that you enter does not contain spaces or special characters, and do not specify the Authoring Tool installation folder as the location for new and customized management pack files.

5. Click Open.

6. In the Management Pack Explorer, verify that the new management pack is listed.

Working with Management Packs in the Authoring Tool