By default, a standard installation of Orchestrator includes a set of standard activities. When you pair these standard activities with activities from the integration packs, you can create very powerful and rich workflows that can automate complex tasks and processes.

For detailed reference information for the standard activities, see the Standard Activities topic in the System Center 2012 - Orchestrator online library.

Standard activities are organized into categories to help you find the appropriate activity for the task that you want to perform. The categories for standard activities are:

Standard activity category	Description
System	Runs system commands such as running a program.
Scheduling	Performs schedule-based activities.
Monitoring	Reacts to system-level events.
File management	Manages file interaction such as copying and moving files.
Email	Supports sending email notifications.
Notification	Supports other notification types such as Syslog files and pop-up notifications.
Utilities	Supports working and manipulating data within a workflow.
Text file management	Manipulates text files.
Runbook control	Manages how runbook logic behaves.

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