I am trying to create a wmi filter for the two gpos we have for both office versions. Here are some useful wmi queries for sccm 2012 that you can use to create collections. Hello guys im having a hard problem with a wmi filter and maybe you can lend me a hand. If you want to find just the os version, you can use ver command. Notification settings of software updates patch management.
Identify the version of your tpm chip using powershell or wmi. On modern environments you have to enable wmi manually, because its disabled by default. Get the name of installed antivirus using powershell today m when i was playing with the wmi, i have found a cool wmi class and namespace, the class is antivirusproduct and the namespace is root\securitycenter2, when you query the namespace, this will show you the name of the antivirus installed on your laptop. Jul 25, 20 group policy and wmi, a wonderful combination if youre faced with having to deploy software to those pcs that are, say, from a particular manufacturer, are laptops with windows 7, or almost any other criteria, you can use group policy if you use the option to filter via a wmi query. The report for installed software via wmi is named installed programs and features basic and is found in the installed. Jan 30, 2016 the wmi filter uses a query to determine if the policy applies to the machine. How do you check the version on installed software. If you want to search for specific software, use either the windowsinstaller. Updated dec 8, 2018 quickly find cpu, bios and motherboard information using wmi quickest way to find cpu serial number, bios and motherboard information of your windows 10 8, 7 etc.
Colin smith identify the version of your tpm chip using powershell or wmicim in system center configuration manager 09. How to find windows os version using powershell morgantechspace. Create queries configuration manager microsoft docs. Get msi packages guid comparing productcode and upgradecode launch powershell.
Im going to show you how and you dont have to do a single bit of scripting or even use a. And of course, the registry provider does not lend itself to wmi filters because it cant be represented as a wql query. Sep 14, 2016 identify the version of the tpm chip using wmicim or powershell. It also provides an extra column in the output which indicates the architecturex86 or x64 of the software. Comma separated value list of caption software name, installdate and installdate2 fields. One of the powerful features of wmi is the capability of executing functions, called.
Many organizations today use microsoft office to simply the work. But is it possible for the group policy to only apply to systems that have mozilla firefox installed. Wmi tasks for computer software obtain information such as which software is installed by the microsoft windows installer msi and software versions. Wmi explorer is an auxiliary application for hostmonitor, however it can be used independently as well. Using sql queries its very easy to find out the office versions. May 08, 2012 here are some useful wmi queries for sccm 2012 that you can use to create collections. Write the value as you saw in the productversion field of your wmi query. If i wanted to setup a group policy that installed java, this would be no problem. Jun 12, 2014 get the name of installed antivirus using powershell today m when i was playing with the wmi, i have found a cool wmi class and namespace, the class is antivirusproduct and the namespace is root\securitycenter2, when you query the namespace, this will show you the name of the antivirus installed on your laptop.
Is there another wmi query i need to use to get the rest of the programs installed. Wmi was introduced with windows 2000, and has since evolved to include data about the most windows resources, both hardware and software. If you wanted to create a wmi query to determine whether or not a particular application was installed on a machine, how would you do it. How to make wmi filter to check for installed software. However note that these are the sql queries and not the wql queries. Export list of installed software programs into csv file. The windows management instrumentation commandline wmic is a commandline and scripting interface that simplifies the use of windows management instrumentation wmi and systems managed through wmi. List installed software wmi script center spiceworks. Replace microsoft%visio% with the software package that you want to. I need to get the list of installed softwares on remote windows hosts using wmi calls. Sep 27, 2018 sccm cmpivot has been introduced in sccm 1806 and its making its way to be a pretty useful addition. You need to use straight quotes in scripts and wmi queries rather than the curly ones you get when editing in programs such as microsoft word. Wmi is powerful and flexible, and when used correctly it can deliver the best and most important information about your. Give it a name, click edit query statement criteria.
Each field to be probed must be uniquely named within the domain of the probe. If you want to do an inventory of all installed software in your active directory domain, then keep on reading my post. This script is updated recently to query 32bit as well as 64bit applications installed on remote computers. Use group policy preferences with wmi targeting to copy. Configmgr sccm software updates patching wmi troubleshooting tips. Where can i find a devices firmware version in wmi. I am trying to create a query for a collection to show any computers i have that show with adobe flash version 18. I think my use is a pretty simple one, but how would i use wmi for this, and would it be faster than wmic. This is something i use often when i simply want to find out what kind of software. Wmi query for an installed application windows hell. Wmi instead of wmic command to find application version.
It has a high level of detail for example, caption, installdate, installsource, packagename, vendor, version, and so on. Wmi installed query different from addremove programs list. As always, if you have questions, comments or smartass remarks, let me know. But note that this does not show service pack version. If you are not familiar with this new feature, you can read about it in our previous post which describes how to use it. The ultimate wmi queries list for system center configuration. Can you explain how installed application differs from installled software. Wmi query the following wmi queries can be used as inspiration when working with driveres and other os deployment stuff important. Many management software packages query wmi for their information and you can do the same thing. In powershell, we can find operating system details in different ways, but to be safe we can use the wmi based cmdlet getwmiobject, this command is compatible from windows powershell 2. Sccm sql query for microsoft office 32 bit and 64 bit. Pc without having to rush for bills and package stickers. Windows management instrumentation wmi is a framework of system tools that has been built into the windows operating system.
Again, if you dont need to use a wmi filter, you could script this into a startup or logon script of course at that point you would probably be. If you dont have sccm 0712 then im sorry to say this wmi class doesnt exist. Wmi is accessible over networks and lets users query remote systems to gain information about them. Nov 26, 2011 this post will help you to perform some the wmi troubleshooting tips which are related software updates. In this blog post i am going to play with wmi objects on the local computer and on remote computers. May 09, 2012 hello guys im having a hard problem with a wmi filter and maybe you can lend me a hand. Wmi runner is a probe type that fetches data from windows operating systems via the windows management instrumentation wmi interface. Query for installed software and version informati. Identify the version of your tpm chip using powershell or. The wmi filter uses a query to determine if the policy applies to the machine.
So, putting it in a wmi filter means that gp processing will wait on the completion of that dog slow query before preceding. Wmi explorer is included into advanced host monitor package since version 5. The probe handles multiple userspecified wmi paths to be queried, using a basic form of native wmi query. Sccm software updates load balancing with even and odd. Check if a software is installed in remote machine. Quickest way to find cpu serial number, bios and motherboard information of your windows 10 8, 7 etc. Sccm cmpivot has been introduced in sccm 1806 and its making its way to be a pretty useful addition. I need a custom query in sccm to target a specific software with a specific software version, so we might be able to run a mandatory assigment to uninstall this software from our workstation fleet. This information is also readily available using the wmi windows management instrumentation model. To show this, i will perform a wmi lookup for software and then show you what happens as we are receiving data from wmi on installed software from this class. If this remote command fails, you need to check if wmi is enabled on the remote pc and in your network infrastructure. Feb 20, 2014 3 thoughts on how to create a collection of computers by installed software. Csv output can be easily read into excel for further sorting and analysis.
How to audit installed software from the command line. Computers with a specific software package installed. There are many combinations you can make to achieve the filtering you are. Mar 05, 2020 in powershell, we can find operating system details in different ways, but to be safe we can use the wmi based cmdlet getwmiobject, this command is compatible from windows powershell 2.
Group policy and wmi, a wonderful combination if youre faced with having to deploy software to those pcs that are, say, from a particular manufacturer, are laptops with windows 7, or almost any other criteria, you can use group policy if you use the option to filter via a wmi query. Sep 20, 2017 this post contains the sccm sql query for microsoft office 32 bit and 64 bit. Using wmic to retrieve a list of all installed programs. If you want to do an inventory of all installed software in your active directory domain, then keep on reading my. I had the following but cant get the query to get the version number correctly. Listing out office versions installed on all machines is a big task. Wmi reporting tool system admin software systemtools. Luckily, we can implement a custom wmi query to check any of the files attributes using the. All of the systems that i support have the sccm client installed on them.
Can i apply a group policy only to systems that have specific software installed. Half the school are still running office 2010 while the other half are on 2016. This example returns all computers with a version of microsoft visio installed. Use group policy preferences with wmi targeting to copy files. One of the powerful features of wmi is the capability of executing functions, called methods, on the resulting wmi data. Hyenas wmi integration is not just limited to executing queries and viewing the results. Using powershell we can run the following query to see if i have a version 2. Quickly find cpu, bios and motherboard information using wmi.
This site highly depends on ad revenue to pay the bills. Check if a software program is installed using powershell script. If you copypaste these queries, you might need to replace the quotes, as they often change format when you copy them from a website. The only other challenge would be if you need to also cater for 32bit windows os. The ultimate wmi queries list for system center configuration manager has been moved from a blog post to a static page. There are certain applications that do not show up when we query using installed application even though they are visible in the add and remove programs. Script get the name of installed antivirus using powershell. Mar 05, 2020 check if a program is installed or not by checking registry.
Deployment software and system administrator tools. Use the following query to return the netbios name and software package name of all computers that have a specific software package installed. This post will help you to perform some the wmi troubleshooting tips which are related software updates. I think the syntax for the group policy wmi filter should be exactly the same. Im using wmic to find the current version of an inhouse application. Copy and paste these into the query statement of the query rule. Windows operating system wmi filter queries conways it blog. Use powershell to quickly find installed software scripting. This class is misused in a number of scripts because while it does provide you the information about the installed software, it comes with a cost associated with it. Put simply, if the information exists, there is probably a wmi query that can be created to access it. Dec 06, 2009 windows management instrumentation wmi is the microsoft implementation of wbem, an industry initiative that attempts to facilitate system and network administration. Wmifilter citrix receiver version receiver for windows.
Group policy and wmi, a wonderful combination simple talk. With this query i can determine how long each wmi query takes to load. Check if a program is installed or not by checking registry. Updated feb, 2020 to include windows server 2019 more likely than not, if youre using group policy to push out software installation or registry entries to client machines or servers on the domain, the particular policy settings may be different depending on the os version or architecture. The goal of this post is to give you a list of sccm cmpivot query examples.
Jan 19, 2016 os version queries for wmi filters note. I have used this to check what software wmi reports as installed when checking against what spiceworks finds as installed. Collection query for version of flash less that 18. The policies for each office version are independant of each other. Check if a software is installed by using wmi query. You can find script samples using both of these routes everywhere. Gathering installed software using powershell microsoft. Query for installed software and version information can patch manager query a machine and then issue a report showing its operating system and installed third party software and their associated version information.
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