Questions tagged [sccm]

System Center Configuration Manager (also known as SCCM) is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory.

System Center Configuration Manager (also known as SCCM) is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory.

Before You Post

As SCCM is a product mainly aimed at systems administrators you might also consider searching questions tagged with SCCM on ServerFault for an answer to your question:

https://serverfault.com/tags/SCCM

You should also consider if your question is suitable for StackOverflow. Since StackOverflow mainly caters to developers, good candidates for questions include:

  • Questions regarding the development of extensions to the SCCM console
  • Questions involving programmatic/scripted access to data within SCCM

More general questions regarding SCCM (e.g. managing applications through the SCCM console) may be answered more easily on ServerFault.

Useful Resources

Information regarding the SCCM object model can be found on MSDN:

SCCM 2012: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh948960
SCCM 2007: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc145334.aspx

SDKs may also be downloaded from Microsoft:

SCCM 2012: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29559
SCCM 2007: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=22552

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Are there any requirements for .msi and .exe installers for SCCM?

I have a small application that is designed to run under currently logged on, non-administrative workstation user. Application can be installed manually but I also made sure that it is compatible with Group Policy Objects (GPO) software distribution…
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Intel SCS Hardware Inventory Information

I have recently installed the Intel SCS Addon for SCCM 2012 which is functioning as intended. We required this as SCCM OOB Management out of the box does not support >= AMT 9.0. I have imported the MOF File that ships with Intel SCS, however when…
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Bad icon quality when creating a ConfigMgr application with Powershell

I'm in the process of writing a Powershell script that will create my ConfigMgr 2012 applications for me. One part of this process is associating an icon with the application. The method I'm doing this does, in fact, attach the .ICO file that I'm…
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How do I find the Collection Membership Information with PowerShell

I have the following code, but I get an "Invalid Namespace" error constantly, I am pretty sure I am entering the correct information. If you have another way of doing this, it's also accepted. Param( $SiteCode, $SourceFile, $Destination…
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My SCCM 2007 SQL Web Report is not displaying results

I created an SCCM SQL report using SQL Management Studio. I then created the following prompts for my Asset Management Office to use on the web report: Publisher, Display Name, and Version. The Display Name and the Version prompts are both…
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uninstalling applications using SCCM SDK

I have been trying to uninstall applications on devices or users using SCCM. I have been successful in creating an application assignment that would install applications, but I haven't been able to get it to uninstall. The code I have been using…
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Joining two tables in WQL/SCCM

I think I'm being really stupid here. I'm using vbscript. I've connected to an SCCM server Set locator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set connection = locator.ConnectServer("SERVERNAME", "Root\SMS\SITENAME") I then have a WMI WQL…
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Can SCCM deploy a VSTO add-in without using an MSI wrapper

Does anyone know if I NEED To wrap my Office 2007, vsto-based add-in in a MSI? It seems to be a lot of extra overhead and headache, just to have it not work anyway. When I do get it to install, I still need to run the vsto installer, even though I…
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WMI Query an Array which has an Object embedded

I am trying to write a PowerShell Script, which queries on a local Client the SCCM WMI Tree root\ccm\ClientSDK we want to have the info was PostInstallaction an Application is using (Yes we know several other ways to find it out but we need it on…
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Unable to cast object of type 'System.Management.Automation.PSObject' to type 'System.Array'

Using the SCClient Powershell module, I'm trying to install an individual update from a list of updates in the Software Center. I can create a variable like this: $ids = Get-SCCLientPendingUpdate *server* | select-object updateid and $ids will…
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How to detect if SCCM 2012 is installed?

I am writing a Wix C++ Custom Action to detect if SCCM 2012 is installed. I am doing this by reading the product GUID from the registry: SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\ But this didn't work as on the system where SCCM 2012…
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Cannot uninstall application using Powershell

I am trying to upgrade an application using an .msp file but every time I run the script I get a message saying the product I'm trying to upgrade from does not exist. My thought was there might be a bug in the original MSI so I decided to uninstall…
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Download Java x64 and Microsoft Edge with PowerShell

I found this script to download Javax64 and it really works, but I had some problems. The first is that the command I would put would be inside an XML file that a powershell script calls it, so putting it directly like this, it gave some errors…
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Create MECM Query using PS fails with: No object corresponds

I'm attempting to create a query using PowerShell to count the number of Lenovo ThinkPad devices with a specific IP range. Code derived from https://computergarage.org/how-to-create-sccm-device-collections-via-powershell.html # Set Site…
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SCCM Distributed software install hangs

I am having issues getting distributed software from SCCM to install properly. This goes for both MSIs and EXEs. The software deploys properly and the respected installer, msiexec or setup.exe, start, and can be viewed in task manager, but the…
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