Hey there everyone. Me again. I’ve been writing more and more functions in my “SCCM Toolbox” for the admins in my environment, and thought I’d start sharing them here. I post snippets on my blog as well, but figure since this gets a little more exposure, that I’d share with the class. 
Let me know if these are useful and I’ll keep posting them!
Function Invoke-CMClient{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Invoke commands remotely on an SCCM Client for a system or systems.
.DESCRIPTION
This function allows you to remotely trigger some of the more common actions that you would find on the local
Configuration Manager console.
.PARAMETER -ComputerName
Specifies the target computer for the management operation. Enter a fully qualified domain name, a NetBIOS name, or an IP address. When the remote computer
is in a different domain than the local computer, the fully qualified domain name is required.
This command defaults to localhost.
.PARAMETER -Action
Specifies the action to be taken on the SCCM Client. The available actions are as follows:
HardwareInv - Runs a Hardware Inventory Cycle on the target machine.
SoftwareInv - Runs a Software Inventory Cycle on the target machine.
UpdateScan - Runs a Software Updates Scan Cycle on the target machine.
MachinePol - Runs a Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle on the target machine.
UserPolicy - Runs a User Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle on the target machine.
FileCollect - Runs a File Collection Cycle on the target machine.
.INPUTS
You can pipe a computer name to Invoke-CMClient
.EXAMPLE
Invoke-CMClientAction -ComputerName server01 -Action HardwareInv
The above command will invoke the Configuration Manager Client's Hardware Inventory Cycle on the targeted computer. The return will look like the following:
__GENUS : 1
__CLASS : __PARAMETERS
__SUPERCLASS :
__DYNASTY : __PARAMETERS
__RELPATH : __PARAMETERS
__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1
__DERIVATION : {}
__SERVER : server01
__NAMESPACE : ROOT\ccm
__PATH : \\server01\ROOT\ccm:__PARAMETERS
ReturnValue :
PSComputerName : server01
.NOTES
Created by Will Anderson.
http://lastwordinnerd.com/category/posts/powershell-scripting/
This script is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind.
#>
PARAM(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$True,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
[string[]]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
[ValidateSet('HardwareInv','SoftwareInv','UpdateScan','MachinePol','UserPolicy','DiscoveryInv','FileCollect')]
[string]$Action
)#Close Param
#$Action...actions...actions...
SWITCH ($action) {
'HardwareInv' {$_action = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}"}
'SoftwareInv' {$_action = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002}"}
'UpdateScan' {$_action = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000113}"}
'MachinePol' {$_action = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000021}"}
'UserPolicy' {$_action = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000027}"}
'FileCollect' {$_action = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000010}"}
} #switch
FOREACH ($Computer in $ComputerName){
if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("$action $computer")) {
Invoke-WmiMethod -ComputerName $Computer -Namespace root\CCM -Class SMS_Client -Name TriggerSchedule -ArgumentList "$_action"
}#if
}#End FOREACH Statement
}#Close Function Invoke-CMClient