CCM_Application client WMI class: available software is missing

Question

Aim:
Trigger installation of Softwarecenter package available to the user by script (not by the UI).

Used method:
Microsoft CCM_Application client WMI class by Powershell

Issue:
While querying the namespace root\ccm\clientsdk class ccm_application I've found that it contains objects for any triggered application installs and not all the applications that are available to the user via Softwarecenter.

Therefore applying methods of CCM_Application (install / un-install,..) is not possible for the required packages as these packages are new packages that are optional for the user to be installed.

I did not found this documented here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/reference/core/clients/sdk/ccm_application-client-wmi-class

Example / How to reproduce:
Powershell:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-CimInstance -ClassName CCM_Application -Namespace "root\ccm\clientSDK" | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*Zulu*272*"}  

Does not give a result, if the "Zulu UAT 272" package had not yet been installed manually via Softwarecenter. After triggering manually the install the object is shown and all methods of CCM_Application class can be used (install, uninstall, ..)

I hope somebody can help here..

Answer 1

@Marc
Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.
It seems you are referring to below script, this should work if the application is deployed to device collection. But it won't work if your deployments target user collections
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Function-to-Installuninstal-175cd712#content

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