ConfigMgr PowerShell Script to check if Application or Program is allowed to run in TS without being deployed

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:54:46 +0000

Kind of a long title for a blog post, but I could not come up with something shorter to describe the content of this blog post. The below script shows the status of the “Allow this Application / program to be installed from the Application / program install task sequence action without being deployed” setting.

<#
.Synopsis
 Get Application and Package - Program information regarding Task Sequence support
.DESCRIPTION
 The script checks all applications and packages if they are allowed to be installed from a TS without being deployed
.EXAMPLE
 Get-TSInstallEnabled -Site Lab
.NOTES
 Version 1.0
 Written by Alex Verboon
#>

[CmdletBinding()]

param( 
 # ConfigMgr Site
 [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
 [String[]] $Site
 )

if ($Site.Length -eq 0)
 { 
 Throw "ConfigMgr Site code required"
 } 
Else
 {
 $SiteCode = $Site
 }

function Get-TSInstallEnabled ()
{

# Check that youre not running X64
if ([Environment]::Is64BitProcess -eq $True)
 { 
 Throw "Need to run at a X86 PowershellPrompt"
 } 
# Load ConfigMgr module if it isn't loaded already
if (-not(Get-Module -name ConfigurationManager))
 { 
 Import-Module ($Env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Substring(0,$Env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Length-5) + '\ConfigurationManager.psd1')
 } 
 
# Change to site
Push-Location
Set-Location ${SiteCode}:

 function Get-AppTSInfo()
 {
 $Apps = @() 
 foreach ($Application in Get-CMApplication)
 {
 $AppMgmt = ([xml][/xml]$Application.SDMPackageXML).AppMgmtDigest
 $AppName = $AppMgmt.Application.DisplayInfo.FirstChild.Title
 $AllowTs = $AppMgmt.Application.AutoInstall
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Application Name" -Value $Appname

 if ($AllowTs -ne "true") {$AllowTs = "false"}

 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Allowed TS Install" -Value $AllowTs
 $Apps += $object
 }
 $Apps 
 }

 Function Get-PackageTSInfo()
 {
 $Progs = @() 
 foreach ($Prog in Get-CMProgram)
 {
 $ProgName = $Prog.ProgramName
 $PackageName = $prog.PackageName
 $AllowTs = $Prog.ProgramFlags -band [math]::pow(0,0)
 $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Program Name" -Value $ProgName
 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Package Name" -value $Packagename

 if ($AllowTs -ne "1") {$AllowTs = "false"} Else {$AllowTs = "true"}

 $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Allowed TS Install" -Value $AllowTs
 $Progs += $object
 }
 $progs 
}

Get-AppTSInfo | Format-Table -AutoSize 
Get-PackageTSInfo | Format-Table -AutoSize 
Pop-Location
}

Get-TSInstallEnabled

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ConfigMgr PowerShell Script to check if Application or Program is allowed to run in TS without being deployed

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