SCCM CMPivot has been introduced in SCCM 1806 and it’s making its way to being a pretty useful addition. If you are not familiar with this new feature, you can read about it in our previous post which describes how to use it. The goal of this post is to give you a list of SCCM CMPivot Query Examples. From there you can get creative to create more complex CMPivot queries.
CM Pivot is a feature within SCCM that enables administrators to run queries on devices in real-time, providing instant insights into various aspects of the managed environment. This feature is particularly valuable for troubleshooting, compliance monitoring, and gathering information on a large scale without causing disruptions to the network.
When we began using CMPivot, we were a bit lost. We are pretty comfortable with various programming languages but CMPivot uses the Kusto Query language. data flow model for the tabular expression statement which was new for us.
The official Microsoft documentation states :
The typical structure of a tabular expression statement is a composition of client entities and tabular data operators (such as filters and projections). The composition is represented by the pipe character (|), giving the statement a very regular form that visually represents the flow of tabular data from left to right. Each operator accepts a tabular dataset “from the pipe”, and additional inputs (including other tabular data sets) from the body of the operator, then emits a tabular data set to the next operator that follows:
entity | operator1 | operator2 | …
SCCM CMPivot Query Catches
This results in a pretty simple language but there are a few catches that I learned :
- Watch out for the Uppercase letters, Where is not the same as where. If you use a “W”, you’ll end up with a Failed to parse query error
- At any time you can use | project Manufacturer, Model at the end of any query to display only desired column (Manufacturer, Model in this case)
After a while of playing with it, we thought it would be useful to share a list of queries that we build. Here’s the SCCM CMPivot Query list, feel free to share your own and as in my other Set of Operational Collection script, this list will evolve over time so come back often to see that new addition we’ll make.
We hope it helps you adopt this new feature.
SCCM CMPivot Query Examples
The latest queries were added on March 28th 2023. (In bold)
| Description | Query |
|---|---|
| List all Active directory user that are administrator of their machine | Administrators | where (ObjectClass == 'User') | where (PrincipalSource == 'ActiveDirectory') |
| List on which machine an admin is administrator | Administrators | where (Name == 'DOMAIN\\USERNAME') |
| Count application crash by devices | AppCrash | summarize dcount( Device ) by FileName |
| List application crash on a specific device | AppCrash | where (Device == 'DeviceName') |
| List all Auto Start Software on a specific device | AutoStartSoftware | where (Device == 'xx') |
| List a specific Autostart software | AutoStartSoftware | where (Product == 'ProductName') |
| Count all Bios version | Bios | summarize dcount( Device ) by Version |
| Find a specific device based on bios version | Bios | where (Version == 'xx') |
| Find a machine having a specific serial number | Bios | where SerialNumber == ('your serial') |
| List 50 last lines of a specific SCCM log file on a specific computer | CcmLog('CCMLogName.log') | where (Device == 'DeviceName') | order by DateTime desc | project Device, LogText, DateTime |
| List 50 last lines of a specific SCCM log file | CcmLog('CCMLogName') | order by DateTime desc | project Device, LogText, DateTime |
| Active Tcp connection in or out of a specific device to a specific destination' | Connection | where (Device == ''DeviceName') | where (Server == ''ServerName') |
| Active Tcp connection in or out of the device to a specific destination | Connection | where (Server == ''ServerName') |
| List all Microsoft devices based on Manufacturer | Device | where (Manufacturer like 'Microsoft') |
| List all Lenovo devices based on Manufacturer | Device | where (Manufacturer like 'Lenovo') |
| List all Dell devices based on Manufacturer | Device | where (Manufacturer like 'Dell') |
| List all HP devices based on Manufacturer | Device | where (Manufacturer like 'HP') |
| Count devices by Manufacturer | Device | summarize dcount( Device ) by Manufacturer |
| Count devices by Model | Device | summarize dcount( Device ) by Model |
| All VMWare Devices | Device | where ManuFacturer == 'VMware, Inc.' |
| Machines connected to a specific domain | Device | where Domain == ('xxx') |
| Find device without a specific file | Device | join kind=leftouter (File('C:\windows\notepad.exe')) | where isnull(FileName) |
| Search a specific disk based on serial number | Disk | where (Description == 'Local Fixed Disk') | where (VolumeSerialNumber == 'YourNumber') |
| List all C:\ disk information from all devices | Disk | where (Description == 'Local Fixed Disk') | where (Name == 'C:') |
| Last 50 events from the Application event log from a specific computer | EventLog('Application') | where (Device == 'DeviceName') | order by DateTime desc |
| Last 50 events from the Application event log | EventLog('Application') | order by DateTime desc |
| Last 50 events from the System event log | EventLog('System') | order by DateTime desc |
| Last 50 events from the Security event log | EventLog('Security') | order by DateTime desc |
| List all PCs with a specific event ID | EventLog('System') | summarize countif( (EventID == 1234) ) by Device | where (countif_ > 0) |
| Information about a specific file | File('c:\\path\\file.exe') |
| Find a specific file and version | File('c:\windows\notepad.exe') | project Device, FileName, Version |
| Information about a specific file on a specific computer | File('c:\\path\\file.exe')| where (Device == ''DeviceName') |
| Display file and version using a chart | File('C:\windows\notepad.exe') | summarize count() by Version | order by version | render columnchart with(title='Notepad versions', ytitle='Count') |
| Active file share information excluding Administrative Shares (Share$) | FileShare | where (Type == 0) |
| Active file share information on a specific device | FileShare | where (Device == ''DeviceName') |
| List devices with firmware ready for UEFI and SecureBoot | Firmware | where (UEFI == true and SecureBoot == true) |
| Count of application installed on the device | InstalledSoftware | summarize dcount( Device ) by ProductName |
| Count Devices with a specific application | InstalledSoftware | summarize countif( (ProductName == 'YourProductName') ) by Device | where (countif_ > 0) |
| List installed applications on a specific device | InstalledSoftware | where (Device == ''DeviceName') |
| List a specific installed applications | InstalledSoftware | where (ProductName == 'YourProductName') |
| List a installed applications of a specific publisher | InstalledSoftware | where (Publisher == 'YourPublisherName') |
| Specific Installed Software on a specific machine | InstalledSoftware | where (ProductName == '7-Zip') | where (Device == 'CM01') |
| Count all installed software that does not have Microsoft in the product name | InstalledSoftware | where ProductName !like '%Microsoft%' | summarize dcount(Device) by ProductName |
| Installed software piechart perversion | InstalledSoftware | where (ProductName == 'Your Software') | summarize count() by ProductVersion | render piechart |
| List all Ethernet address that are up | IPConfig | where ((InterfaceAlias like 'Ethernet') and (Status == 'Up')) |
| List a device based on it's IPv4 address | IPConfig | where (IPV4Address == '192.168.1.1') |
| Free space on a local hard disk | LogicalDisk | where (Description == 'Local Fixed Disk') | project DeviceID, FreeSpace | order by FreeSpace desc |
| Office Add-in per machine with username | OfficeAddin | where ProductName like 'Addin Name' | join Device | project UserName, FileName, Device, ProductName, ProductVersion |
| Count device with a specific OS version | OS | summarize countif( (Version == '10.0.17134') ) by Device | where (countif_ > 0) |
| OS information on a specific device | OS | where (Device == 'DeviceName') |
| List all Windows 10 and Windows 11 version in a Chart | OperatingSystem | where ProductType == 1 and Caption contains '10' | project OSEdition=case( BuildNumber == '10240', 'Windows 10 1507', BuildNumber == '10586', 'Windows 10 1511', BuildNumber == '14393', 'Windows 10 1607', BuildNumber == '15063', 'Windows 10 1703', BuildNumber == '16299', 'Windows 10 1709', BuildNumber == '17134', 'Windows 10 1803', BuildNumber == '17763', 'Windows 10 1809', BuildNumber == '18362', 'Windows 10 1903', BuildNumber == '18363', 'Windows 10 1909', BuildNumber == '19041', 'Windows 10 2004', BuildNumber == '19042', 'Windows 10 20H2', BuildNumber == '19043', 'Windows 10 21H1', BuildNumber == '19044', 'Windows 10 21H2', BuildNumber == '19045', 'Windows 10 22H2', BuildNumber == '22000', 'Windows 11 21H2', BuildNumber) | summarize count() by OSEdition | render columnchart with(title='Windows 10-11 versions', ytitle='Count') |
| List all device with 64-bit OS | OS | where (OSArchitecture == '64-bit') |
| List all device with 32-bit OS | OS | where (OSArchitecture == '32-bit') |
| List all devices with Windows 10 | OS | where (Version like '10%') |
| List all devices with Windows 7 | OS | where (Version like '6.1%') |
| Count the different OS versions of devices rendered as a bar chart | OS | summarize dcount (Device) by Caption | render barchart |
| OS Installed Feature (AD, DHCP, DNS...) | OptionalFeature | where (Caption == 'Feature Name') | where InstallState == 1 |
| List a specific process | Process | where (Name == 'ProcessName.exe') |
| List all process from a specific device | Process | where (Device == 'DeviceName') |
| List all values for a specific HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry folder | Registry('hklm:\\YOUR\\REGISTRY\\KEY') |
| List the value of a specific Registry Key | Ex : Registry('hklm:\\system\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\LSA') | where Property == 'lsapid' |
| List all machines that have not a specific registry key | Device | join kind=leftouter (Registry('hklm:\\YOUR\\REGISTRY\\KEY') | where Property == ('YOURKEY')) | where isnull(Property) | project Device |
| Find the Google Chrome Home Page | Registry('hklm:\software\polices\google\chrome') | where Property == ('Homepagelocation') |
| List all Services on a specific machine | Service | where (Device == 'DeviceName') |
| List machines with a specific running service | Service | where (Name == 'ServiceName') | where (State == 'Running') |
| List machines with a specific stopped service | Service | where (Name == 'ServiceName') | where (State == 'Stopped') |
| List SMB Configuration on a specific device | SMBConfig | where (Device == 'DeviceName') |
| Count all device with SMB1 enabled | SMBConfig | summarize countif( (EnableSMB1Protocol == true) ) by Device | where (countif_ > 0) |
| Count all device with SMB1 disabled | SMBConfig | summarize countif( (EnableSMB1Protocol == false) ) by Device | where (countif_ > 0) |
| Count device with a specific software update applicable but not installed on the device (by KB Number) | SoftwareUpdate | summarize countif( (KBArticleIDs == 'KB0000000') ) by Device | where (countif_ > 0) |
| A software update applicable but not installed on a specific device | SoftwareUpdate | where (Device == 'DeviceName') |
| Boot Time Bar Chart per device | SystemBootData | summarize avg( BootDuration / 1000 ) by Device | order by avg_ asc | render barchart |
Rendering data using Render operator
You can also display the data visually using the Render operator at the end of the query. (
Device | summarize dcount( Device ) by Manufacturer|
render barchart
The Render operator supports 4 types of charts: Piechart,
The Render operator supports only two properties in the source table and the last property must be a number.
Barchart exemple :
Piechart exemple :
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