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Handy function to create collections

Code

function Create-SCCMCollection { param($Server = $Env:ComputerName, $Name, $Site, $ParentCollectionID = "COLLROOT") $ColClass = [WMIClass]"\\$Server\Root\SMS\Site_$($Site):SMS_Collection" $Col = $ColClass.PSBase.CreateInstance() $Col.Name = $Name $Col.OwnedByThisSite = $True $Col.Comment = "Collection $Name" $Col.psbase $Col.psbase.Put() $NewCollectionID = (Get-WmiObject -computerName $Server -namespace Root\SMS\Site_$Site -class SMS_Collection | where {$_.Name -eq $Name}).CollectionID $RelClass = [WMIClass]"\\$Server\Root\SMS\Site_$($Site):SMS_CollectToSubCollect" $Rel = $RelClass.PSBase.CreateInstance() $Rel.ParentCollectionID = $ParentCollectionID $Rel.SubCollectionID = $NewCollectionID $Rel.psbase $Rel.psbase.Put() }

Documentation

This script will create a new System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Collection. Usage: Create-SCCMCollection -Server localhost -Name NewCollection -Site Site1 -ParentCollectionID COLLROOT