Get CM Objects from a Container

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Before you get started make sure you have read the following page. Get CM Containers

Now that you know how to find Containers and view what information they contain, lets get all the objects inside of the container located at ABC:\DeviceCollection\Folder1\Department

 1PS C:\Users\kassidy> Get-Item ABC:\DeviceCollection\Folder1\Department
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 4PSPath : AdminUI.PS.Provider\CMSite::siteserver.contoso.com\DeviceCollection\Folder1\Department
 5PSParentPath : AdminUI.PS.Provider\CMSite::siteserver.contoso.com\DeviceCollection\Folder1
 6PSChildName : Department
 7PSDrive : ABC
 8PSProvider : AdminUI.PS.Provider\CMSite
 9PSIsContainer : True
10SmsProviderObjectPath : SMS_ObjectContainerNode.ContainerNodeID=618
11ContainerNodeID : 618
12FolderFlags : 0
13FolderGuid : 4A56A29C-C24E-4255-870C-CB11EAD48DD8
14IsEmpty : False
15Name : Department
16ObjectType : 5000
17ObjectTypeName : SMS_Collection_Device
18ParentContainerNodeID : 2
19SearchFolder : False
20SearchString :
21SourceSite : ABC

We can do this by utilizing the Invoke-CMWmiQuiery cmdlet. You will need some information from the container to help create the WMI query. We will need the ContainerNodeID, ObjectType, ObjectTypeName, and an InstanceKey for that object. How do I find the instance key? I find the easiest way to find this is to run a query against just the ObjectTypeName. Look at the example below, in the SmsProviderObjectPath field the data is represented as [ClassName].[UniqueKey].

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