01 April 2019

Running an SCCM Package via PowerShell and Command Line

While working on a new compliance policy, I ran into a lot of hurdles that needed to be resolved. One of those hurdles was executing an SCCM package via PowerShell. Using the WMIExplorer, I was able to locate a method that allows you to execute an SCCM package as shown below.


Once I located the namespace, class, and method, I needed to find out the name of the package in SCCM that I wanted to execute. To do this, the easiest method is to perform a WMI query in PowerShell on the advertised machine. The query is:

 Get-WmiObject -Class ccm_program -Namespace root\ccm\ClientSDK  

The results will display all advertised programs to that machine. From the results, locate the package you are wanting to execute by the Name, which will match the name in the SCCM console. Once you have found the package, take note of the PackageID and ProgramID, as these are the two items needed to execute the package via PowerShell.

The syntax of calling this from PowerShell is as follows, where the Program ID and Package ID are substituted with the appropriate data from the WMI query:

 ([wmiclass]'root\ccm\ClientSDK:CCM_ProgramsManager').ExecuteProgram('<ProgramID>','<Package ID>')  

The following PowerShell command line method will allow you to call this from the command line, where the Program ID and Package ID are substituted with the appropriate data from the WMI query:

 powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -command "&{([wmiclass]'root\ccm\ClientSDK:CCM_ProgramsManager').ExecuteProgram('<ProgramID>','<Package ID>')}"  

When executing the package, there will be output. If you allow for the default output, it can take an extended period of time to gather the information. Specifying a specific field will dramatically speed up the execution time.

NOTE: One thing I learned after discovering this is that SCCM Compliance rules cannot execute this WMI method. I will be writing a separate blog on that in the future as I just finished the compliance policy that goes into detail on executing an SCCM package. 

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