VMware vRealize Orchestrator started as Virtual Service Orchestrator in 2007 when it was acquired by VMware. It has gone through many releases over the years as vCenter Orchestrator and vRealize Orchestrator, with updates to the user interface, support for new programming languages, multi-tenancy, and containerization. The product is now at version 8.4.2 and provides drag-and-drop workflow automation for complex IT tasks.

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Introduced Orchestrator into vSphere 4.0 as
vCenter Orchestrator (vCO).
vCO 4.0 released
vCO 4.1 released.
64-bit OS only. Has better performance.
No OGNL expressions
2007
2009
Orchestrator started its life as Virtual Service
Orchestrator (VS-O) with a small company
named Dunes Technologies in Lausanne,
Switzerland
VMware bought Dunes, renaming
the product as VMware
Orchestrator (VMO) giving it as a
free vCenter feature
VMWAREVREALIZEORCHESTRATORISA
DRAG-AND-DROPWORKFLOWSOFTWARE
THATSIMPLIFIESTHEAUTOMATIONOF
COMPLEXITTASKS.
2010
2012
2011
VS-O 3.1 released
VMO 3.x released
vCO 4.0.1 released.
I18N Level 1 Support
vCO 4.0.2 released
vCO 4.1.1 released
vCO 4.1.2 released
vCO 4.0.3 released
vCO 4.0.4 released
vCO 4.2.0 released
vCO 4.2.1 released.
Available as a preconfigured virtual
appliance
vCO 4.1.3 released
vCO 5.0 released
INTERNATIONALIZATION

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vCO 5.5 released.
Introduces a new JSON format & OGNL
expressions
2014
2017
vCO 4.2.3 released
vCO 5.1.2 released
vCO 5.5.1 released.
New Dynamic Types
vCO 5.5.2 released
vCO 5.5.2.1 released
vCO 5.1.3 released
2015
Orchestrator renamed to vRealize Orchestrator.
vRO 6.0.1 released.
Switch Case activity and Global Error Handling
vRO 7.0 released.
Introduces the Control Center interface
vRO 6.0.3 released
vRO 6.0.2 released
vCO 5.1.3.1 released
vCO 5.5.3 released
2016
vRO 6.0.4 released
vRO 7.0.1 released
vRO 7.1 released.
Added a REST API to update resource
elements
vRO 6.0.5 released
vRO 7.2 released.
Multi-language support for Control Center
& Integration with Event Broker Service
vCO 5.1.1 released
2013
vCO 4.2.2 released
vCO 5.1 released.
Completely new UX,
Swagger API introduced

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2018
vRO 7.4 released.
Introduced Multi-Tenancy & New
Monitoring client dashboard
vRO 7.5 released.
Updated Orchestrator Operations Client
vRO 7.6 released.
New HTML5-based vRealize Orchestrator
Client
vRO 8.0 released.
Modern container based Photon OS virtual
appliance, Git integration & No VAMI & No
Java-based Legacy Client
2019
2020
vRO 7.3 released.
Role-based access to Control Center &
Deprecated LDAP authentication to vRO Client
vRO 8.1 released.
Write scripts in JS, Python, node.js and
PowerShell
vRO 8.1 P1 released
vRO 8.1 P2 released
vRO 8.1 P3 released
vRO 8.2 released.
New Version of the vRealize Automation
REST API
vRO 8.2 P1 released
2021
vRO 8.3 released.
Viewer (Read-only) Mode & Ships with
CMVP cryptographic modules
vRO 8.3 P1 released
vRO 8.4 released.
Restore deleted objects
vRO 8.4.1 released
vRO 8.4.2 released
PRESENTDAY
vRO 7.3.1 released.
SSH improvements
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