Sorry for the late entry. You might check I-S-E Enterprise Schedule. We've been 
using it for over 5 years and have been pleased with it. 

- Paul

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On Jan 3, 2013, at 6:41 PM, "Adam Meixler" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Simply because 
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/scogeneral/thread/3eab8fa3-c30c-4c29-91a4-92d03e5c69f4/
>  was one of the first notes I read while investigating this
> ________________________________
> From: Steven Peck [[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:03 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Enterprise task scheduler
> 
> Why would it not be used for Task Scheduling?
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh420338
> 
> Not saying it's the best, just wondering why you can't use it for that.  If 
> you already have System Center suite then it's something you can try for 
> 'free'.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Kurt Buff 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Yep - Opalis. Shame that - there aren't many packages in that spot.
> 
> Winbatch might be your better bet, in that case. It's been a long time
> since I played with those products, too.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Adam Meixler 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> I had thought the same thing! (was Opalis?)
>> 
>> Some googling seems to suggest that it's not meant for Task Scheduling any 
>> more. It can be made to do it, but its strong suit is repeatable Jobs rather 
>> than scheduled tasks now.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:30 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Enterprise task scheduler
>> 
>> It's been a lot of years since I touched it (more than 10!) and it's since 
>> been acquired by MSFT and rolled into the SC suite, but Orchestrator comes 
>> to mind...
>> 
>> Might be worth a look.
>> 
>> Kurt
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Adam Meixler 
>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> Happy New Year everyone!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I was hoping to get The Lists opinion on a good, un-bloated enterprise
>>> task scheduler. Right now we have about a thousand tasks scattered
>>> across different servers using the windows scheduled task service and
>>> it’s just not doing it for us.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It’d be nice if jobs could be pushed down to workers as they were
>>> available vs. being scheduled on specific instances, but we at least
>>> want a central control of these jobs.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We’re open to any ideas that don’t involve CA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks all
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