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How to Set Up 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

The SCSM2012_AuthoringTool_RTM.exe program file contains the System Center 2012 – Service Manager Authoring Tool .msi installation package and support files. This includes the files that are required for customizing default System Center 2012 – Service Manager forms. Ensure that the user who will be running the Authoring Tool has access to the local folder that you used to extract the files from the SCSM2012_AuthoringTool_RTM.exe program file.

If Windows Error Reporting is enabled on the computer that is running the Authoring Tool, errors are reported automatically.

To install the Authoring Tool

  1. Verify that the computer on which you plan to install the Authoring Tool meets the requirements that are described in Requirements for the Authoring Tool.

  2. Download the SCSM2012_AuthoringTool_RTM.exe program file from the Microsoft Download Center to the local computer on which you want to install the Authoring Tool. Double-click SCSM2012_AuthoringTool_RTM.exe.

  3. In the WinZip Self-Extractor – SCSM2012_AuthoringTool_RTM.exe dialog box, type a path to which to extract the files, and then click Unzip.

  4. Browse to the folder where you extracted the files, expand the CDImage folder, and locate Setup.exe. Double-click Setup.exe to start Setup.

  5. In the Service Manager Authoring Tool Setup Wizard, click Install the Service Manager Authoring Tool.

  6. Continue through the Product registration and the Installation location pages.

  7. On the Prerequisites page, if any prerequisite test fails, you must update the server to ensure that each prerequisite is met. If Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell is not installed, click Install Microsoft Visual Studio Shell 2008 to install the application.

    Click Check prerequisites again, and fix any other problems until all prerequisite tests pass.

  8. Continue through the Use Microsoft Update to help keep your computer secure and up-to-date pages.

  9. On the Installation summary page, click Install and wait for the installation to finish.

To start the Authoring Tool

  1. On your desktop, click Start.

  2. Click Programs, click Microsoft System Center, and then click Service Manager 2012 Authoring.

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

  4. In the Class Browser pane, click Refresh. This populates the browser with all the classes that are defined in management packs from the <Installation folder>/Library folder. When you opened the Authoring Tool for the first time, this pane was empty.

See Also

Overview of the Authoring Tool for System Center 2012 – Service Manager