SCCM Policy Retrieval

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1. Locally on the Workstation

On the client workstation:

  • Go to Control Panel
  • Select “Configuration Manager”
  • Go to the “Action” tab

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  • Select “Machine Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle”
  • Click “Run Now”

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2. Remotely from the SCCM Console

On the SCCM console:

  • In “Assets and compliance”, select the collection

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  • Double-Click on the collection, the list of the member appears

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For each member, you can see if the SCCM client in installed or not

  • Right-Click on the workstation
  • Client Notification
  • Download Computer Policy   

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The policy retrieval starts…

Note: The same action can be done on the entire collection to force the policy retrieval on all the computers.

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3. Rerun Advertisement

To Rerun advertisement, the following tool can be used:

Client Center for Configuration Manager

Connect to the targeted workstation

  • Software Distribution
  • Advertisement
  • Load Status

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  • Right-Click on the selected package
  • ReRun Advertisement  

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