New AI in IT Community Coming October 2026

The 2026 Runbook Challenge

AEM Runbook Challenge | Turn Your Everyday IT Fixes Into What We Build Next

The AEM Runbook Challenge is for the IT pros actually doing the work, sysadmins, IT ops, help desk leads, the people who've built a process, a script, or a workaround that quietly keeps things running. It's not a coding contest, and you don't need to build anything from scratch. It's a chance to put the way you already solve real problems in front of the people building the next generation of autonomous IT.

Join us to:

  • Turn a process you already run into something worth automating, and get credit for figuring it out first.

  • Prove that the best ideas for AI in IT come from the people doing the work, not just the vendors selling the tools.

  • Get your workflow considered for real productization, and compare notes with peers solving the same problems.

What You'll Submit

Submit a real runbook, or just an idea, across categories like:

  1. IT Operational Efficiency

  2. Service & Support Efficiency

  3. Governance & Security

  4. Open Innovation

Who It's For

  • Sysadmins and IT ops staff

  • Help desk and NOC teams

  • IT managers who are still hands-on day to day

  • Anyone at a mid-market IT team (500 to 2,000 employees) who's built a process worth sharing

You don't need to write code. You need a process, a workaround, or an idea, and a few minutes to describe it.

Ready to put your workflow in the running?

Submit your runbook or idea.

FAQS

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