Attaching a Program to Deploy a Catalog Item to System Center Configuration Manager

You can add programs to deploy a catalog item to System Center Configuration Manager through App Portal.

To attach a program to deploy a catalog item to SCCM:

Open the Catalog Item Properties dialog box of a catalog item.

Open the Deployment > SCCM 2012 subtab that contains the catalog item’s associated application or package.

Click New Deployment (for applications) or Add Program (for packages). The SCCM Deployment dialog box opens, displaying different options in the SCCM Object area, depending upon the type of catalog item you are creating:

For applications, perform the following steps:

From the Select deployment method list, select Deploy to user or Deploy to computer.

You can choose to Create Uninstall Collection.

For packages, perform the following steps:

Select the matching program name for each program function: Install, Uninstall, and Repair.

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If you have enabled Uninstall or Repair in the global settings, the uninstall and repair programs are required.

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You can have multiple installation programs for different languages within a single request.

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If programs are specified for more than one language, the requester will select the language during the checkout process.

Under Program for OS Deployment Task Sequence, select a matching program name for the program function.

Under Select sites to publish, select the sites where this request will be available, the locations you wish to publish the catalog item to. An advertisement and collection will be created at the site(s) selected.

In the Advertisement settings area of this dialog box, specify the following properties:

Property

Description

Make the advertisement mandatory

Determines whether the Advertisement is created as a mandatory advertisement.

Mandatory over slow links?

Select this option to require that the installation is run even when a client has a slow connection.

If this option is not selected, the SCCM client agent will not perform the installation if the client has a slow connection, but will perform the installation if the client is connected over a regular LAN connection.

Advertisement Priority

Specify the priority of the advertisement: High, Medium, or Low.

Ignore maintenance windows

Determines if the advertisement should ignore maintenance windows.

Allow system restart outside of maintenance windows

Select to allow the advertised program to restart the client even if the restart would occur outside a maintenance window.

Program rerun behavior

Specifies whether the advertised program will be rerun on the client computer if it has previously been run before the scheduled mandatory time. Select one of the following options:

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Never rerun advertised program—The program will not be rerun on the client if the program has previously been run on the client, even if the program originally failed or the program files have been changed.

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Always rerun—The program will always be rerun on the client when the advertisement is scheduled, even if the program has already been successfully run.

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Rerun if failed previous attempt—The program will be rerun when the advertisement is scheduled only if it failed on the previous run attempt.

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Rerun if succeeded on previous attempt—The program will be rerun only if it has previously run successfully on the client.

Important:This option is only enabled if Make the advertisement mandatory is also selected.

In the Distribution settings area of this dialog box, specify the following properties:

Property

Description

When a Distribution Point is available locally

Select one of the following options to specify how content will be downloaded from the distribution points when a distribution point is available locally:

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Run program from distribution point—Run program directly from a distribution point.

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Download program from distribution point—Download program from the distribution point to the client computer before attempting to run the program.

When no Distribution Point is available locally

Select one of the following options to specify how content will be downloaded from the distribution points when no distribution point is available locally:

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Do not run program—Do not run program.

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Download program from remote distribution point—Download the program from a remote distribution point to the client computer before attempting to run the program.

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Run program from a remote distribution point—Run program directly from a remote distribution point.

When no protected distribution point is available, use an unprotected distribution point

Select this option to permit a client to use an unprotected distribution point if content is not immediately available on its protected distribution point.

If this option is not selected, the client will not use unprotected distribution points.

Click Save. Deployments will be created for each selected site:

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For verification, select the check box next to each item and click Get details to verify the deployment of these new items created successfully in SCCM.

When you click Get details, additional information is displayed in the Advertisement, Collection, Program, and Package ID fields.

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To add variables to collection, click the Collection Variables button. The following form opens, where you can specify collection variables.

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To add variables to computers click the Computer Variables button. The following form opens, where you can specify computer variables.