PS Manage Software

• Find Installed Software
• Uninstall Software
• SCCM Client
  • Run SCCM Cycles
  • Clear SCCM Caches
  • Get Status of Application
  • Trigger Installation of Application

Find Installed Software

Find all software which ‘Name’ contains ‘symantec’

Get-WmiObject -Class win32_product -Filter "Name like '%symantec%'"

Uninstall Software

> $sw = Get-WmiObject -Class win32_product -Filter "Name like '%symantec%'"
> $sw.Uninstall()

__GENUS          : 2
__CLASS          : __PARAMETERS
__SUPERCLASS     :
__DYNASTY        : __PARAMETERS
__RELPATH        :
__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1
__DERIVATION     : {}
__SERVER         :
__NAMESPACE      :
__PATH           :
ReturnValue      : 0        <-- Check ReturnValue is equal 0
PSComputerName   :

SCCM Client

Run SCCM Cycles

To run SCCM cycles I created a helper function, which I call from subsequent functions

function _sccm-cycle() {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)]
        [String]$cycleID
    )
    
    $cycles = (
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000121}', # ApplicationDeployment Evaluation Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003}', # DiscoveryData Collection Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000010}', # FileCollection Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}', # HardwareInventory Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000021}', # MachinePolicy Retrieval Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002}', # SoftwareInventory Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000031}', # SoftwareMetering Usage Report Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000114}', # SoftwareUpdate Deployment Evaluation Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000113}', # SoftwareUpdate Scan Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000111}', # StateMessage Refresh
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000026}', # UserPolicy Retrieval Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000027}', # UserPolicy Evaluation Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000032}', # WindowsInstallers Source List Update Cycle
        '{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000022}'  # MachinePolicy Evaluation Cycle
    )
    
    if($cycles.contains($cycleID)) {
        Invoke-WMIMethod -Namespace root\ccm -Class SMS_CLIENT -Name TriggerSchedule $cycleID
    } elseif($cycleID.tolower() -eq "all") {
        $cycles | % {
            write-host "Trigger schedule: $($_)"
            Invoke-WMIMethod -Namespace root\ccm -Class SMS_CLIENT -Name TriggerSchedule $_
            sleep 1
        }
    } else {
        write-warning "Did not find cycle identifier $cycleID not found!"
        write-error "$cycleID is not a valid identifier!"
        return $false;
    }
}

The following susequent functions I created, are the most frequent commands I use

function sccm-applicationDeploymentEvaluationCycle() {
    _sccm-cycle('{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000121}');
}

function sccm-machinePolicyRetrievalCycle() {
    _sccm-cycle('{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000021}');
}

Clear SCCM Caches

function sccm-clearLocalCache() {
    ## Initialize the CCM resource manager com object
    [__comobject]$CCMComObject = New-Object -ComObject 'UIResource.UIResourceMgr'
    ## Get the CacheElementIDs to delete
    $CacheInfo = $CCMComObject.GetCacheInfo().GetCacheElements()
    ## Remove cache items
    ForEach ($CacheItem in $CacheInfo) {
        $null = $CCMComObject.GetCacheInfo().DeleteCacheElement([string]$($CacheItem.CacheElementID))
    }
}

Get Status of Application

> $sw = Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\ccm\ClientSDK" -Class CCM_Application | ? {$_.name -eq "Name of Software"}

> $sw.InstallState
NotInstalled

Trigger Installation of Application

Function sccm-triggerAppInstallation {
 
 Param (
  [String][Parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=0)] $AppName,
  [ValidateSet("Install","Uninstall")]
  [String][Parameter(Mandatory=$True, Position=1)] $Method,
  [String][Parameter(Mandatory=$False)] $Computername=$env:computername
 )
 
 Begin {
  $Application = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName CCM_Application -Namespace "root\ccm\clientSDK" -ComputerName $Computername | Where-Object {$_.Name -like $AppName})
 
  $Args = @{
   EnforcePreference = [UINT32] 0
   Id = "$($Application.id)"
   IsMachineTarget = $Application.IsMachineTarget
   IsRebootIfNeeded = $False
   Priority = 'High'
   Revision = "$($Application.Revision)"
  }
 }
 
 Process {
 
  Invoke-CimMethod -Namespace "root\ccm\clientSDK" -ClassName CCM_Application -ComputerName $Computername -MethodName $Method -Arguments $Args
 }
 
 End {}
 
}