Octopus allows you to add command to the actions area or to the Tools menu to invoke external programs.  External commands can be applied with any record types in Octopus: CI, Users, Incidents, SRs, etc.

You can use this function to invoke VBScripts, Batch files, PowerShell scripts or any other program. If you can execute it from a command prompt, you can integrate it to Octopus.

Here are some examples:

• Reboot a computer (CI)
• Open the "C$" folder of a CI
• Start a remote installation on a CI
• Reset the password of a user for a specific system (Microsoft Windows, for example)
• Disable a user in AD

The advantage of this solution is that Octopus transfers the desired parameters into an action. When you configure a command, you can use a syntax to tell Octopus how to execute those parameters. 

Examples:

• \\server\scripts\reset_password.ps1
• %windir%\explorer.exe
• ping.exe

To configure external commands, go to Tools > Reference Data Management > General > External Commands.