Configuration Items for applications

Question

Hi,
I want to create a CI to detect an application install. I know how to configure a CI to detect reg, files, folders etc.
However I noticed the checkbox about application settings so I tried that.
That gave me a new tab called detection methods. I used the 'detect a specific application and deployment type'.
Having done that do I need to configure a compliance rule and if so, what setting do I use?

Thanks
David Z

Answer 1

Hi, @David Zemdegs

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

We do not need to configure a compliance rule, because a detection method in Configuration Manager contains rules that are used to detect whether an application is installed on a computer. This detection occurs before the client assesses its compliance for the configuration item, so the compliance rule is for the configuration item, not for the application detection.

For the reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/compliance/deploy-use/create-custom-configuration-items-for-windows-desktop-and-server-computers-managed-with-the-client#detection-methods

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Answer 2

You mention that the compliance rule is for the configuration item. That would be if the configuration type is not application. An application detection is still a CI from the console point of view.