How to Assign Configuration Baselines

Article
10/04/2022

In Configuration Manager, to assign a configuration baseline to a collection, an assignment instance is created, populated with a minimum set of required values, and saved.

To assign Configuration Baselines

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.
Create an instance of SMS_BaselineAssignment.
Populate the instance properties.
Save the new SMS_BaselineAssignment instance.

Example

The following code examples show how to create an instance of a baseline assignment.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.


Sub DCMCreateAssignment(swbemServices,                     _  
                        baselineID,                        _  
                        applyToSubTargets,                 _  
                        assignmentAction,                  _  
                        assignmentName,                    _  
                        assignmentDescription,             _  
                        desiredConfigType,                 _  
                        distributionPointLocality,         _  
                        evaluationSchedule,                _  
                        logComplianceToWinEvent,           _  
                        notifyUser,                        _  
                        sendDetailedNonComplianceStatus,   _  
                        startTime,                         _  
                        suppressReboot,                    _  
                        targetCollectionID,                _  
                        useGMTTimes)  

' Create new assignment object.  
set newAssignment = swbemServices.Get("SMS_BaselineAssignment").SpawnInstance_()        

' Assign variable values to assignment properties.  
'    //  
'    // The following properties are set by the provider on put():  
'    //     AssignmentID  
'    //     AssignmentUniqueID  
'    //     SourceSite  
'    //     CreationTime  

newAssignment.ApplyToSubTargets = applyToSubTargets   
newAssignment.AssignmentAction = assignmentAction   
newAssignment.AssignmentName = assignmentName   
newAssignment.AssignmentDescription = assignmentDescription   
newAssignment.DesiredConfigType = desiredConfigType   
newAssignment.DPLocality = distributionPointLocality   
newAssignment.EvaluationSchedule = evaluationSchedule   
newAssignment.LogComplianceToWinEvent = logComplianceToWinEvent   
newAssignment.NotifyUser = notifyUser   
newAssignment.SendDetailedNonComplianceStatus = sendDetailedNonComplianceStatus   
newAssignment.StartTime = startTime   
newAssignment.SuppressReboot = suppressReboot   
newAssignment.TargetCollectionID = targetCollectionID   
newAssignment.UseGMTTimes = useGMTTimes   
newAssignment.AssignedCIs = Array(baselineID)   

' Save assignment.  
newAssignment.Put_  

Wscript.Echo " "  
Wscript.Echo "Created new assignment."      

End Sub


public void DCMCreateAssignment(WqlConnectionManager connection,  
                                bool applyToSubTargets,  
                                int assignmentAction,  
                                string assignmentName,  
                                string assignmentDescription,  
                                string desiredConfigType,  
                                int distributionPointLocality,  
                                string evaluationSchedule,  
                                bool logComplianceToWinEvent,  
                                bool notifyUser,  
                                bool sendDetailedNonComplianceStatus,  
                                string startTime,  
                                int suppressReboot,  
                                string targetCollectionID,  
                                bool useGMTTimes,  
                                int baselineID)  
{  

    // Set required variables.   
    // Set AssignedCIs like array with a known baseline id (this is the initial creation of the assignment, so no existing values).  
    int[] arrayBaselineNumbers = new int[] { baselineID };  

    try  
    {  
        // Create new assignment object.  
        IResultObject newAssignment = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_BaselineAssignment");  

        // Assign variable values to assignment properties.  
        //  
        // The following properties are set by the provider on put():  
        //     AssignmentID  
        //     AssignmentUniqueID  
        //     SourceSite  
        //     CreationTime  
        newAssignment["ApplyToSubTargets"].BooleanValue = applyToSubTargets;  
        newAssignment["AssignmentAction"].IntegerValue = assignmentAction;  
        newAssignment["AssignmentName"].StringValue = assignmentName;  
        newAssignment["AssignmentDescription"].StringValue = assignmentDescription;  
        newAssignment["DesiredConfigType"].StringValue = desiredConfigType;  
        newAssignment["DPLocality"].IntegerValue = distributionPointLocality;  
        newAssignment["EvaluationSchedule"].StringValue = evaluationSchedule;  
        newAssignment["LogComplianceToWinEvent"].BooleanValue = logComplianceToWinEvent;  
        newAssignment["NotifyUser"].BooleanValue = notifyUser;  
        newAssignment["SendDetailedNonComplianceStatus"].BooleanValue = sendDetailedNonComplianceStatus;  
        newAssignment["StartTime"].StringValue = startTime;  
        newAssignment["SuppressReboot"].IntegerValue = suppressReboot;  
        newAssignment["TargetCollectionID"].StringValue = targetCollectionID;  
        newAssignment["AssignedCIs"].IntegerArrayValue = arrayBaselineNumbers;  
        newAssignment["UseGMTTimes"].BooleanValue = useGMTTimes;  

        // Save assignment object.  
        newAssignment.Put();  
    }  
    catch (SmsException ex)  
    {  
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to create new assignment." + "\\n" + ex.Message);  
        throw;  
    }  

    Console.WriteLine("Created new assignment.");  

}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
- `connection` - `swbemServices`	- Managed: `WqlConnectionManager` - VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
`applyToSubTargets`	- Managed: `Boolean` - VBScript: `Boolean`	`true` to apply the configuration item assignment to a subcollection.
`assignmentAction`	- Managed: `Integer` - VBScript: `Integer`	Action associated with the configuration item assignment.
`assignmentName`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	assignmentName
`assignmentDescription`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The local assignment name.
`desiredConfigType`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The type of the configuration item.
`distributionPointLocality`	- Managed: `Integer` - VBScript: `Integer`	Flags that determine how the client obtains distribution points, according to distribution point locality.
`evaluationSchedule`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The assignment evaluation schedule.
`logComplianceToWinEvent`	- Managed: `Boolean` - VBScript: `Boolean`	`true` to log compliance status to Windows event logs.
`notifyUser`	- Managed: `Boolean` - VBScript: `Boolean`	`true` to notify the user when a configuration item is available.
`sendDetailedNonComplianceStatus`	- Managed: `Boolean` - VBScript: `Boolean`	`true` to send a detailed non-compliance status message.
`startTime`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The date and time when the configuration item assignment was initially offered.
`suppressReboot`	- Managed: `Integer` - VBScript: `Integer`	Value indicating whether the client should not reboot the computer, if there is a reboot pending after the configuration item is applied.
`targetCollectionID`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The identifier of the collection to which the assignment is targeted.
`useGMTTimes`	- Managed: `Boolean` - VBScript: `Boolean`	`true` if the times and schedules are in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
`baselineID`	- Managed: `Integer` Array - VBScript: `Integer` Array	Array of IDs for the configuration items targeted by the assignment.

Compiling the Code

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.ComponentModel

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

.NET Framework Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Configuration Manager role-based administration.