I am trying to deploy a software with a size of 40 MB. once I created the application and distributed it to DP it is shown in the DP content as 5.5 GB!!!! I followed the exact procedure for the sccm deployment of the client provided by the official documentation of the software owners (Fireamp). when deploying to users it gives the error that content cant be downloaded because its size is larger than the cache.

I increased the cache size to 20 GB but still the same.

My questions are:

1) is this normal that the size increases like this?

2) is there anyway to overcome this issue?

Thanks

Hi experts,

I'm almost certain I am missing something obvious, but can someone explain to me why a report that counts the number of "Microsoft Office" installations would report over 7400 instances in dbo.v_Add_Remove_Programs when targeting a collection that includes just 4100 devices?

I even added a version field to the report thinking that maybe an update at some point to the office installation meant a duplicate entry, so listing just the name would double up the count when the version field was not present, but no.

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 - 15.0.4569.1506 = 7406 ( run on a collection containing 4109 devices)

The report being used is as follows:

SELECT distinct
    DisplayName0,
    Version0,
    Count(arp.ResourceID) AS 'Count',
    Publisher0,
    @CollID as CollectionID
FROM
    dbo.v_Add_Remove_Programs arp
JOIN dbo.v_FullCollectionMembership fcm on arp.ResourceID = fcm.ResourceID
WHERE
    fcm.CollectionID = @CollID
    AND (DisplayName0 LIKE 'Microsoft Office%'
    OR DisplayName0 LIKE 'Microsoft Visio%'
    OR DisplayName0 LIKE 'Microsoft Publisher%')
    AND (DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%MUI%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%SP1%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%SP2%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Setup%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Reminders%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Components%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Assemblies%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%database%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Tool%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Language%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Reminders%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Get Started%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Add-In%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Viewer%'
    AND DisplayName0 NOT LIKE '%Proof%')
GROUP BY
    DisplayName0,
    Publisher0,
    Version0
ORDER BY
    Publisher0

Anything look out of place?  Can the count be fixed so it more closely resembles the true number?  If not, it kinda defeats the purpose of using the count option.

Thanks

Dean

Hello,

Some background information:

We are deploying Project for Office 365 using a powershell script that launches ServiceUI.exe that launch a second scripts which asks the user to save their work before the installation starts.

In SCCM the installation program is: 

Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File MalmoWrapper\ServiceUI.ps1

The part of the ServiceUI.ps1 script what launches ServiceUI.exe looks like this:

Start-Process "$PSScriptRoot\ServiceUI.exe"  -ArgumentList "-process:explorer.exe `"$env:windir\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Powershell.exe`" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$PSScriptRoot\GUI.ps1`" -TmpFile $TempFile" -WindowStyle Hidden -Wait

Small note on script workflow: Script checks if any processes whose image comes from the installdir of office apps, if so, launch second script with ServiceUI.exe. Second script GUI.ps1 interacts with user and sends the result back to the first script through a temporary file.

The issue we are experiencing is that ServiceUI.exe behaves in two different ways. If i let the configuration manager agent on the client computer run its own software distribution cycle the ServiceUI.exe will fail. If i add -RedirectStandardOutput C:\temp\stdout.txt we get the following information:

The other behaviour occours when you in Software Center on the client computer use the Try again button - now all scripts launch as we intended them and ServiceUI.exe exits with code 0.

I have been google:ing the error messages but havent found anyone with a similar problem. We aren't using a tasksequence for this, it is a software/application object in the Software Library. Anyone who has any idea on what causes the two different behaviours?

Best regards

I am trying to install a group of 4 applications via a task list, I also have program required to run prior to the task executing.  The program itself is just a pop up warning of an automatic reboot.  I can deploy the program and the 4 applications individually just fine.  If I run a task list of the 4 applications without running the Program first, it works as well.  However, if I set the Task list to always run a program first, it seems to fail, not always, but always on the same machines. I get the following in the execmgr log.  

Validating package ABC0008F program * in the chain. The content request ID is {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:07 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Validating package ABC00090 program Program in the chain. The content request ID is {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:07 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Creating an optional execution request for package ABC0008F program * 	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:07 AM	5412 (0x1524)
The created request is a Task Sequence request	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:11 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Creating an optional execution request for package ABC00090 program Program 	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:11 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Execution Request for advert  package ABC0008F program * state change from NotExist to WaitingDependency	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:12 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="ABC0008F",ProgramID="*", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:12 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Requesting content from CAS for package ABC00090 version 1	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:12 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Successfully created a content request handle {79C25FEC-B40D-4732-8C2C-70BD0627B38D} for the package ABC00090 version 1	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:12 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Raising event:
[SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]
instance of SoftDistWaitingContentEvent
{
	AdvertisementId = "ABC2003B";
	ClientID = "GUID:0FC33101-9018-4ED2-ACE3-B637D842122F";
	DateTime = "20150313132612.994000+000";
	MachineName = "PCName";
	PackageName = "ABC00090";
	PackageVersion = "1";
	ProcessID = 6396;
	ProgramName = "Program";
	SiteCode = "ABC";
	ThreadID = 5412;
};
	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:12 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Successfully raised SoftDistWaitingContentEvent event for program Program	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Execution Request for advert  package ABC00090 program Program state change from NotExist to WaitingContent	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	5412 (0x1524)
Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="ABC00090",ProgramID="Program", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	5412 (0x1524)
  Processing [{79C25FEC-B40D-4732-8C2C-70BD0627B38D}, 0]: OnContentAvailable 	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
[{79C25FEC-B40D-4732-8C2C-70BD0627B38D}]: Content Version 1 is available for advert , pkg: ABC00090, program Program.	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
An existing MTC token was not supplied, using ExecutionRequest's Id as MTC token and this execution request is the owner of resultant MTC task.	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
Request a MTC task for execution request of package ABC00090, program Program with request id: {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74}	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:13 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
Execution Request for advert  package ABC00090 program Program state change from WaitingContent to Ready	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="ABC00090",ProgramID="Program", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
MTC task with id {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74}, changed state from 0 to 4	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
  Processing [{79C25FEC-B40D-4732-8C2C-70BD0627B38D}, 0]: RemoveNotification	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	4840 (0x12E8)
MTC signaled SWD execution request with program id: Program, package id: ABC00090 for execution.	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Sending ack to MTC for task with id: {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74}	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Executing program SProgram.exe in Admin context	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Execution Request for advert  package ABC00090 program Program state change from Ready to NotifyExecution	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="ABC00090",ProgramID="Program", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:14 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
No accessible source location found for the content	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Raising event:
[SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]
instance of SoftDistProgramBadEnvironmentEvent
{
	AdvertisementId = "ABC2003B";
	ClientID = "GUID:0FC33101-9018-4ED2-ACE3-B637D842122F";
	CommandLine = "SProgram.exe";
	DateTime = "20150313132615.560000+000";
	DriveLetter = "";
	MachineName = "PCName";
	PackageName = "ABC00090";
	ProcessID = 6396;
	ProgramName = "Program";
	SiteCode = "ABC";
	ThreadID = 5080;
	Win32ErrorCode = 0;
	WorkingDirectory = "";
};
	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Raised Program Bad Environment Event for Ad:ABC2003B, Package:ABC00090, Program: Program	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
EnterRsRuningState failed to run script SProgram.exe 0x87d01108	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Requesting MTC to delete task with id: {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74}	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
MTC task with id: {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74} deleted successfully.	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Deleting request for program Program. Failing parent program *	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Requesting MTC to delete task with id: 	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
This execution request does not own the corresponding task in MTC, returning without deleting it from MTC.	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
Requesting MTC to delete task with id: {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74}	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
This execution request does not have a corresponding task in MTC.	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)
MTC task with id {07A2B96E-4F4E-4284-98C0-3811E4F29C74}, changed state from 4 to 5	execmgr	3/13/2015 9:26:15 AM	5080 (0x13D8)

I tried adding the program to the task list but for some reason when I add the Package I get a blank program drop down box.

I just recently successfully upgraded to 2012 R2 CU4, but I had the same issue when running CU3. I checked the location logs, an it is reporting to the correct MP.

Hi,

May I just confirm. I have an application made with a deployment type of script installer. I can see it from the software center but can't see it in the application catalog. Is this how script installers really work?

Thanks!

Hi All

Hopefully this is really simple but I cant seem to find an answer.

In the infinite wisdom of a previous supplier all pieces of software in SCCM (800+) were packaged with VBS scripts including an OS version check and quit. I have bulk modified the scripts but need to update the content for each piece of software and redistribute to all DPs.

Is there a quick to do this?

Hi 

a collection was created that all pc that are 780 will have an adobe application installed.

Thing is i need to roll out adobe acrobat dc via sccm and it will not instal as adobe reader is already installed and as reader is part of the collection it will just reinstall even if i remove it from the pc and remove the pc from the collection.

My question is there a way around the collection so i can roll out adobe acrobat dc

Thank you

Hi,

I'm trying to distribute some applications to all our distribution points. I noticed that it took a while for some DP to get all the contents while some are still in the process of distributing contents. It has been about 3 days already since I distributed the applications. I also tried distributing a less than 1mb application but it also encounters the same issue. Of course, there are factors to consider, including the network connection to the DP, that can affect the transfer rate of the applications. Just wanted to know if there is a way to monitor the transfer of applications in real-time? Is there a comprehensive tool that I can use to monitor the distribution of applications?

Thanks!

hii everyone,

Can after installing the Rsat package can i postpond the restart automitically..without any popup showing  about restart....

Hi , 

Can anybody please suggest what detection method to be used while deploying office 2010 SP2 through Applications. 

thanks in Advance...!!

Regards AS

Hi,

on one Server 2008 R2 SP1 , i have deployed .appv application but same is not getting install.

I checked in ccmcache same is not even downloading, i am looking for the step by step process log flow to deploy any .appv applications so that i can troubleshoot this issue.PFB thevirtualapp.log , same .aapv application deployed to other server. my SCCM is 2012 SP2 and APP-v is 5.0

Shailendra Dev

I use the following PowerShell code to retrieve the machine names where a user is last logged on. This works fine:

$User = Get-ADUser Bob
$Query = "select * from sms_r_system where LastLogonUserName='$($User.SamAccountName)'"
Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\SMS\site_EU0" -ComputerName $SCCMServer -Query $Query 

Now I'm trying to figure out how I can feed it a hostname and then have it return the TopConsoleUser of that machine. I searched the internet but couldn't find the correct query for it.

Thank you for your help.

Good day,

We sent out a deployment last night and we expected the install to occur at 1am this morning but instead it installed at 9pm last night. Hopefully someone can clarify a few things about maintenance windows and deployments. and explain why the install was done outside of the maintenance window.

We have a few deployment groups. (no groups have a maintenance window that is outside 1am to 5am)

-Windows 7 all (with no maintenance window)

-Windows 7 all (daily maintenance window 1am to 5am) this group uses the windows7 all group to define the collection.

When configuring a deployment, does it matter which group we deploy it to?

The deployment was configured as follows:

Scheduling tab:

Application available at 11pm (UTC)

Installation deadline: As soon as possible after available time

User Experience TAB: only Commit changes at deadline or during a maintenance window is checked.

Thank you

Marc

Command to install Office 2016 is as simply as it gets setup.exe. However I have trouble with command to uninstall Office 2016. It should be like this:

setup.exe /uninstall ProPlus /config Uninstall.xml

Uninstall.xml content is:

<Configuration Product="ProPlus"><Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /><Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" /></Configuration>

However uninstallation always fails with an error:

Setup can't find or validate an installation file. Please try reinstall Office ...

Last year I did the same with Office 2013 and I was able to uninstall it successfully. Are there some changes in Office 2016 from Office 2013 related to installation/unistallation switches, xml file format ...?

Hi All,

We have to deploy one package to our machines using SCCM.  For that we have crated package in SCCM and deployed it to set of machines in a collection.

Since this package is licensed version hence we want to insert license key on this package. Could you please suggest how to achieve this?

Regards,

Nirmal Singh

Nirmal Singh IT Administrator

I am trying to uninstall Project and Visio 2010 x86 in order to install Office 2013 x64. I have been able to create an Application that will successfully install and uninstall Office 2010 x86 but the same method will not work for Project& Visio. Lets take Project for example:

I have made an alternate config.xml for for uninstalling and specified it under "Uninstall program" using: "setup.exe" /Uninstall PrjPro.WW /config "PrjPro.WW\configUninstall.xml"

I have also tried:  Msiexec.exe /X {90140000-003B-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}

I keep getting this error for Project with the first set of parameters: (AppEnforce.log)

Invalid executable file msiexe.exe AppEnforce 4/29/2013 4:00:03 PM 3152 (0x0C50)
ScriptHandler::EnforceApp failed (0x87d01106). AppEnforce 4/29/2013 4:00:03 PM 3152 (0x0C50)
AppProvider::EnforceApp - Failed to invoke EnforceApp on Application handler(0x87d01106). AppEnforce 4/29/2013 4:00:03 PM 3152 (0x0C50)
CommenceEnforcement failed with error 0x87d01106. AppEnforce 4/29/2013 4:00:03 PM 3152 (0x0C50)
Method CommenceEnforcement failed with error code 87D01106 AppEnforce 4/29/2013 4:00:03 PM 3152 (0x0C50)
++++++ Failed to enforce app. Error 0x87d01106. ++++++ AppEnforce 4/29/2013 4:00:03 PM 3152 (0x0C50)

-----------------------------------------------------
(Windows\Temp\<setuplog>):

2013/04/29 13:41:14:979::[1860] Opening registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Office15.PROPLUS.WW.
2013/04/29 13:41:14:979::[1860] IsProductTransitionToMModeSafe: An exception was caught, therefore transition to MMode is unsafe for product:
2013/04/29 13:41:14:980::[1860] Error: Product is not installed, therefore transition to MMode is unsafe for product: PROPLUS.WW Type: 27::InstalledProductStateCorrupt.
2013/04/29 13:41:14:980::[1860] Not showing message because suppress modal has been set.  Title: 'Setup Errors', Message: 'This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup again from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source.'
2013/04/29 13:41:14:980::[1860] Message returned: 1
2013/04/29 13:41:14:984::[1860] Error: Catalyst boot time check failed Type: 66::PreReqCheckFailure.
2013/04/29 13:41:14:984::[1860] Catalyst execution finished: 04/29/2013 13:41:14.  Return code: 30066.  Exception caught: PreReqCheckFailure.

I have tried reinstalling the entire OS as well as the Visio and Project and still nothing. I am able to run both these commands locally and they work. My configUninstall.xml has the correct parameters as well:<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />

I have even tried writing a script that ran as an Application & also a Package to no avail as well. I am running everything as the domain administrator with UAC off and no firewall on. The local caches of the Application's packages are correct and up to date as well.

Hello Technet experts,

I am having some trouble installing a package (.exe) for software called Labview 2016. I was able to package the app and create a "hidden" install program with the following arguments: setup.exe /q /acceptlicenses yes /r:n per the developers install instructions. It is distributed and deployed to a collection with 10 PCs in SCCM 1606, but it is stuck on "In Progress" under the Monitoring screen.

I tested the install with the same arguments on my bench machine manually, and it installed OK, but I was hoping to get some help finding out why the install is stuck. Are there some good logs that I can search?

Hi,

I specified the product code for a Windows installer product in an application. However the MSI itself is Inside a subdirectory so SCCM is not finding it. Is it a way to specify the subdirectory where the mSI is?

By typing  the correct URL, I get Inside the DP and seeing the structure and the subdirectory.