SCCM can use MIF files to determine the success or failure of an installation. After a program has finished executing, SCCM will look in the %windir% and %temp% directories for new MIF files (created after the time of the program execution start) and then match them on any or all of the following criteria:
Name of the MIF [...]
SCCM can collect MIF files to extend hardware inventory collected for a computer. Generally, MIF files are generated by some other process and are then collected during the hardware inventory cycle. MIFs are generally used when the data to be collected must be processed into a readable form prior to collection or requires API calls [...]
In many places, SCCM (and SMS) use a 16-character text string (actually a hexadecimal number) to represent one of the schedule token classes.
SMS_ST_NonRecurring
SMS_ST_RecurInterval
SMS_ST_RecurMonthlyByData
SMS_ST_RecurMonthlyByWeekday
SMS_ST_RecurWeekly
Microsoft provides a WMI interface to translate between the text string and one of the SMS_ST_ WMI objects. Unfortunately, this interface is only accessible from the SMS site [...]
It is not uncommon to need additional data to be stored about a server or set of servers.
Who the responsible parties are (owners of the server or applications)
What applications the server supports (logical business systems that span multiple servers)
Maintenance information
And more
SCCM does a great job of inventorying the details of a [...]
While DCM has a vast collection of query modes available to it in order to obtain a setting, there are times where the setting must be calculated or is not found in a consistent location. In that instance, a VBScript option is available to you in order to locate or calculate the setting and return [...]
For application configuration items, a script may be specified to determine if an application is installed (as opposed to a Windows Installer GUID for instance). To do that, simply create a script that returns any kind of text. If text is returned, DCM will interpret that as a confirmation of installation. If no text is [...]