surfincow Posted March 27, 2014 Report post Posted March 27, 2014 Hello, There are quite a few new features with SCCM 2012 that I'd like to take advantage of. I really like the application vs package model but I'm seeing a lot of things left out of the Application model that will probably require me to stay with the package deployment instead. One of those features is user popup notifications. In our environment we push application upgrades out as soon as possible. We can't wait until the user logs on or off (as they may only do this once a month). Maintenance windows don't work either as again its waiting for pre-set date/time and dealing with the issues of people being out of the office, computer off (don't want to deal with WOL), etc, etc, etc. Because of this, in our current SCCM 2007 environment we do popup notifications before an installation that requires the closing of a program (typically Firefox) ocurrs. Since we don't want users to have these programs close unexpectantly the install does not happen until they've clicked OK on the popup notificatioin (simple .vbs script). I know there are 3rd party apps and workarounds (scripts) that can do this but I'm wondering if there is any tricks that can be done with 2012 that don't require outside apps or separate scripts using the Application deployment method. One thought was the Global Conditions. I think this is outside the scope of the intent of Global Conditions, but this is outside my scope of what is possible so I'm looking for your thoughts. Is it possible to create a global condition that says "If applicationx.exe is running, create this popup window to the user and wait for their input. Once you've received their input, close applicationx.exe and continue the installation"? Essentially the same type of script that you would use with a package, but built into the condition rule set for each deployment? I know a condition could be made to check for the running of that application and continue or fail depending on if its running or not, but I'm looking to go a step further and have the sccm client notifiy the user of the installation, what will be closed and wait for their input before continuing. I'm fairly sure this is not possible but I'm disapointed that some sort of built in user notification is not a feature of SCCM. It seems that most users would like to be notified before an application is closed and waiting for the user to be logged off as to not interfere isnt always possible. Thanks, Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorgen Nilsson Posted March 28, 2014 Report post Posted March 28, 2014 Hi, No there is no such possibility in the Application Model, and I agree it is the biggest feature missing in the application model. I normally use the PS APp deployment toolkit to prompt the user it is really nice! https://psappdeploytoolkit.codeplex.com/ Regards,Jörgen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
