MS System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 (beta) – Powershell
I was looking forward to the recent release of the latest beta of System Center 2012 SP1, because one big part (at least for me), which has been announced before, wasn’t in the CTP1.
With the release of the latest Service Pack 1 beta of System Center 2012, Configuration Manager FINALLY has its own Powershell module.
Powershell 3.0 and Configuration Manager
Now how do you get the Powershell module to work? You need Powershell 3.0, that’s it!
Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 will support Windows Server 2012 as an underlying OS and the new server OS already ships with Powershell 3.0. As I already have updated my whole virtual Lab to Server 2012, I had to do nothing.
If you are still working with the legacy OS aka Windows Server 2008 R2 go download the correct version of the Windows Management Framework 3.0 from the Microsoft Download Center: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595
Update to System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 beta
I won’t go into detail, that’s for other articles of other people. Just upgrade your ConfigMgr 2012 site to SP1 beta. According to Microsoft it’s not possible to upgrade from SP1 CTP to beta and it’s not supported, at least they don’t recommend it, to upgrade your existing, configured 2012 site to SP1. They seem to want a clean install of a site.
Side note: I just upgraded my existing site with no problem. A colleague of mine upgraded his site and had problems with his PXE certificate afterwards.
If you want to read more about the general upgrading process, have a look at my recent article about the upgrade to CTP2: How to update Configuration Manager 2012 to SP1 CTP2
Be aware that you do not need to do an update from RTM to SP1 beta. The beta source is a full installer only without the ADK/WAIK. If you want to have a “supported” beta environment (is that possible?!), take a clean server, install the ADK and then install CM12 from the beta sources.
How to find the module
The default location of the Configuration Manager module manifest is C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Configuration Manager\\AdminConsole\\bin or wherever you installed your AdminConsole.
The module file is called “ConfigurationManager.psd1” and you import it like this:
Import-Module "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Configuration Manager\\AdminConsole\\bin\\ConfigurationManager.psd1
After doing that you get a whopping 338 extra cmdlets.
What’s in the module?
Here’s an overview of all the cmdlets:
Add-CMBoundaryToGroup
Add-CMDeviceAffinityToUser
Add-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionToDistributionPointGroup
Add-CMDistributionPointToGroup
Add-CMSoftwareUpdateToGroup
Add-CMUserAffinityToDevice
Add-CMUserCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionToDistributionPointGroup
Approve-CMApprovalRequest
Approve-CMDevice
Approve-CMUserDeviceAffinityRequest
Block-CMCertificate
Block-CMConflictingRecord
Block-CMDevice
Clear-CMAmtAuditLog
Clear-CMComponentStatusMessage
Clear-CMOperatingSystemImageUpdateSchedule
Clear-CMPxeDeployment
Clear-CMSiteStatusMessage
Copy-CMSecurityRole
Copy-CMUserDataAndProfileConfigurationItem
Deny-CMApprovalRequest
Deny-CMUserDeviceAffinityRequest
Disable-CMAlert
Disable-CMAmtAuditLog
Disable-CMBaseline
Disable-CMDriver
Disable-CMPackage
Disable-CMSoftwareMeteringRule
Disable-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule
Disable-CMStatusFilterRule
Disable-CMTaskSequence
Enable-CMAlert
Enable-CMAmtAuditLog
Enable-CMBaseline
Enable-CMDriver
Enable-CMPackage
Enable-CMSoftwareMeteringRule
Enable-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule
Enable-CMStatusFilterRule
Enable-CMTaskSequence
Export-CMApplication
Export-CMBaseline
Export-CMConfigurationItem
Export-CMSecurityRole
Get-CMAccessAccount
Get-CMAccount
Get-CMActiveDirectoryForest
Get-CMActiveDirectorySite
Get-CMAddress
Get-CMAdministrativeUser
Get-CMAlert
Get-CMAlertSubscription
Get-CMAntimalwarePolicy
Get-CMApplication
Get-CMApplicationCatalogWebServicePoint
Get-CMApplicationCatalogWebsitePoint
Get-CMApplicationRevisionHistory
Get-CMApprovalRequest
Get-CMAppVVirtualEnvironment
Get-CMAssetIntelligenceCatalogItem
Get-CMAssetIntelligenceSynchronizationPoint
Get-CMBaseline
Get-CMBaselineSummarizationSchedule
Get-CMBaselineXMLDefinition
Get-CMBootImage
Get-CMBoundary
Get-CMBoundaryGroup
Get-CMClientPushInstallation
Get-CMClientSetting
Get-CMClientStatusSetting
Get-CMClientStatusUpdateSchedule
Get-CMCloudDistributionPoint
Get-CMCollectionMembershipEvaluationComponent
Get-CMComponentStatusMessage
Get-CMComponentStatusSetting
Get-CMConfigurationItem
Get-CMConfigurationItemHistory
Get-CMConfigurationItemXMLDefinition
Get-CMConflictingRecord
Get-CMDatabaseReplicationStatus
Get-CMDeployment
Get-CMDeploymentPackage
Get-CMDeploymentStatus
Get-CMDeploymentType
Get-CMDevice
Get-CMDeviceCollection
Get-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Get-CMDeviceCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Get-CMDeviceCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Get-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Get-CMDeviceCollectionVariable
Get-CMDiscoveryMethod
Get-CMDistributionPoint
Get-CMDistributionPointGroup
Get-CMDriver
Get-CMDriverPackage
Get-CMEndpointProtectionPoint
Get-CMEndpointProtectionSummarizationSchedule
Get-CMEnrollmentPoint
Get-CMEnrollmentProxyPoint
Get-CMExchangeServer
Get-CMFallbackStatusPoint
Get-CMGlobalCondition
Get-CMHardwareRequirement
Get-CMInventoriedSoftware
Get-CMIPSubnet
Get-CMManagementPoint
Get-CMManagementPointComponent
Get-CMOperatingSystemImage
Get-CMOperatingSystemInstaller
Get-CMOutOfBandManagementComponent
Get-CMOutOfBandServicePoint
Get-CMPackage
Get-CMProgram
Get-CMReportingServicePoint
Get-CMSecurityRole
Get-CMSecurityScope
Get-CMSite
Get-CMSiteInstallStatus
Get-CMSiteMaintenanceTask
Get-CMSoftwareMeteringRule
Get-CMSoftwareMeteringSetting
Get-CMSoftwareUpdate
Get-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule
Get-CMSoftwareUpdateBasedClientInstallation
Get-CMSoftwareUpdateDeploymentPackage
Get-CMSoftwareUpdateGroup
Get-CMSoftwareUpdateLicense
Get-CMSoftwareUpdatePoint
Get-CMSoftwareUpdatePointComponent
Get-CMSoftwareUpdateSummarizationSchedule
Get-CMStateMigrationPoint
Get-CMStatusFilterRule
Get-CMStatusMessageQuery
Get-CMSystemHealthValidationPoint
Get-CMSystemHealthValidatorPointComponent
Get-CMTaskSequence
Get-CMUser
Get-CMUserCollection
Get-CMUserCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Get-CMUserCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Get-CMUserCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Get-CMUserCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Get-CMUserDataAndProfileConfigurationItem
Get-CMUserDataAndProfileConfigurationItemXmlDefinition
Get-CMUserDeviceAffinity
Get-CMUserDeviceAffinityRequest
Get-CMWindowsFirewallPolicy
Import-CMCertificate
Import-CMSecurityRole
Install-CMClient
Invoke-CMAmtProvisioningDiscovery
Invoke-CMBaselineSummarization
Invoke-CMDeploymentSummarization
Invoke-CMDeviceCollectionUpdate
Invoke-CMEndpointProtectionScan
Invoke-CMEndpointProtectionSummarization
Invoke-CMForestDiscovery
Invoke-CMRemoteControl
Invoke-CMSecondarySiteUpgrade
Invoke-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule
Invoke-CMSoftwareUpdateSummarization
Invoke-CMUserCollectionUpdate
New-CMAccessAccount
New-CMActiveDirectoryForest
New-CMAlertSubscription
New-CMAssetIntelligenceCatalogItem
New-CMBootImage
New-CMBoundary
New-CMBoundaryGroup
New-CMClientSetting
New-CMDeviceCollection
New-CMDeviceCollectionVariable
New-CMDistributionPointGroup
New-CMDriverPackage
New-CMHardwareRequirement
New-CMOperatingSystemImage
New-CMOperatingSystemInstaller
New-CMPackage
New-CMSecurityScope
New-CMSoftwareMeteringRule
New-CMSoftwareUpdateGroup
New-CMUserCollection
Remove-CMAccessAccount
Remove-CMAccount
Remove-CMActiveDirectoryForest
Remove-CMAddress
Remove-CMAdministrativeUser
Remove-CMAlert
Remove-CMAlertSubscription
Remove-CMAmtProvisioningData
Remove-CMAntimalwarePolicy
Remove-CMApplication
Remove-CMApplicationCatalogWebServicePoint
Remove-CMApplicationRevisionHistory
Remove-CMAppVVirtualEnvironment
Remove-CMAssetIntelligenceCatalogItem
Remove-CMAssetIntelligenceSynchronizationPoint
Remove-CMBaseline
Remove-CMBootImage
Remove-CMBoundary
Remove-CMBoundaryFromGroup
Remove-CMBoundaryGroup
Remove-CMClientSetting
Remove-CMCloudDistributionPoint
Remove-CMConfigurationItem
Remove-CMDeployment
Remove-CMDeploymentType
Remove-CMDevice
Remove-CMDeviceAffinityFromUser
Remove-CMDeviceCollection
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionFromAdministrativeUser
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionFromDistributionPointGroup
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Remove-CMDeviceCollectionVariable
Remove-CMDistributionPoint
Remove-CMDistributionPointFromGroup
Remove-CMDistributionPointGroup
Remove-CMDriver
Remove-CMDriverPackage
Remove-CMEndpointProtectionPoint
Remove-CMEnrollmentPoint
Remove-CMEnrollmentProxyPoint
Remove-CMExchangeServer
Remove-CMFallbackStatusPoint
Remove-CMGlobalCondition
Remove-CMHardwareRequirement
Remove-CMManagementPoint
Remove-CMOperatingSystemImage
Remove-CMOperatingSystemInstaller
Remove-CMOutOfBandServicePoint
Remove-CMPackage
Remove-CMProgram
Remove-CMReportingServicePoint
Remove-CMSecondarySite
Remove-CMSecurityRole
Remove-CMSecurityRoleFromAdministrativeUser
Remove-CMSecurityScope
Remove-CMSecurityScopeFromAdministrativeUser
Remove-CMSoftwareMeteringRule
Remove-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule
Remove-CMSoftwareUpdateDeploymentPackage
Remove-CMSoftwareUpdateGroup
Remove-CMSoftwareUpdatePoint
Remove-CMStateMigrationPoint
Remove-CMStatusFilterRule
Remove-CMStatusMessageQuery
Remove-CMSystemHealthValidationPoint
Remove-CMTaskSequence
Remove-CMUser
Remove-CMUserAffinityFromDevice
Remove-CMUserCollection
Remove-CMUserCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Remove-CMUserCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Remove-CMUserCollectionFromAdministrativeUser
Remove-CMUserCollectionFromDistributionPointGroup
Remove-CMUserCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Remove-CMUserCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Remove-CMUserDataAndProfileConfigurationItem
Remove-CMWindowsFirewallPolicy
Restore-CMApplicationRevisionHistory
Resume-CMApplication
Save-CMEndpointProtectionDefinition
Set-CMAccessAccount
Set-CMActiveDirectoryForest
Set-CMAlert
Set-CMAlertSubscription
Set-CMAntimalwarePolicy
Set-CMApplication
Set-CMApprovalRequest
Set-CMAppVVirtualEnvironment
Set-CMAssetIntelligenceCatalogItem
Set-CMAssetIntelligenceSynchronizationPoint
Set-CMBaseline
Set-CMBaselineSummarizationSchedule
Set-CMBootImage
Set-CMBoundary
Set-CMBoundaryGroup
Set-CMClientSetting
Set-CMClientStatusSetting
Set-CMClientStatusUpdateSchedule
Set-CMCloudDistributionPoint
Set-CMCollectionMembershipEvaluationComponent
Set-CMConfigurationItem
Set-CMDeploymentType
Set-CMDeviceCollection
Set-CMDeviceCollectionVariable
Set-CMDistributionPoint
Set-CMDistributionPointGroup
Set-CMDriverPackage
Set-CMEndpointProtectionSummarizationSchedule
Set-CMFallbackStatusPoint
Set-CMGlobalCondition
Set-CMHardwareRequirement
Set-CMInventoriedSoftware
Set-CMOperatingSystemImage
Set-CMOperatingSystemInstaller
Set-CMOutOfBandServicePoint
Set-CMPackage
Set-CMSecurityRole
Set-CMSecurityScope
Set-CMSite
Set-CMSoftwareMeteringRule
Set-CMSoftwareMeteringSetting
Set-CMSoftwareUpdate
Set-CMSoftwareUpdateDeploymentPackage
Set-CMSoftwareUpdateGroup
Set-CMSoftwareUpdateSummarizationSchedule
Set-CMStatusFilterRule
Set-CMStatusMessageQuery
Set-CMTaskSequence
Set-CMUserCollection
Set-CMWindowsFirewallPolicy
Start-CMCloudDistributionPoint
Start-CMDeployment
Stop-CMCloudDistributionPoint
Suspend-CMAlert
Suspend-CMApplication
Sync-CMExchangeServer
Sync-CMSoftwareUpdate
Unblock-CMCertificate
Unblock-CMDevice
Undo-CMInventoriedSoftware
Update-CMApplicationStatistic
Update-CMCertificate
Update-CMClientStatus
Update-CMDistributionPoint
Lucky for us, every cmdlet comes with its own help. A “get-help Update-CMDistributionPoint” will thus get you some syntax help on it.
On my system the get-help command wanted to download some get-help updates before allowing me to see any help on CM cmdlets, so check if you have got an internet connection.
If you want to see all the cmdlets for yourself, type
Get-Command -Module ConfigurationManager
I have already written lots of scripts/functions for Configuration Manager 2012 and with the new Powershell module I’m looking forward on continuing that.
How to install a Distribution Point
My small Admin GUI for ConfigMgr
How to create Folders in ConfigMgr Console
In the next couple of days/weeks I’ll try to update my scripts to the new commands and have a look at how powerful they really are!
So stay tuned!
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