Overview of the Configuration Manager CLI

The CLI is used to create, manipulate, export and import and delete policy groups. These policy groups may be part of the policy group repository, or can be entity policy groups. As with the Configuration Manager GUI, the CLI allows policy groups from the policy group repository and entity policy groups to be assigned/unassigned to or from entities. The CLI allows both repository and entity policy groups to be exported and imported in XML format to or from zip files. The policy settings in such files can then be created, edited or deleted prior to importing the policy groups.

The CLI does not provide the equivalent of the GUI functionality for the following functions:

• Navigation of entity hierarchy.

• Viewing merged policy settings for entities.

• Generating reports.