Get version of Microsoft Autoupdate.app into inventory listings

[mccallister]

Recon does not include Microsoft AutoUpdate.app when it collects inventory on macs. How do I get JAMF to include that during recon? I would like to utilize the command line tools available in version 3.18 of autoupdate, but I need to verify that version exists.

[bpavlov]

You can create an Extension Attribute. Or you can update your inventory scanning to look at the directory where Microsoft AutoUpdate.app exists.

[gb3]

If you track it with Patch Management that will do a lot of the work for you.

[Chris_Tavenner]

Here is the extension attribute for Autoupdater, after you create it you can make smartgroup to key off of.

!/bin/sh

MAUVers=$(defaults read /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/Info CFBundleVersion)

echo "<result>$MAUVers</result>"

[mccallister]

Thanks Chris! I got it added as an attribute and it is being populated as macs update their inventory.

[jason_bracy]

You can also add it to your inventory collection by going to Settings --> Computer Inventory Collection --> Software --> Applications (or: https://jss.yourcompany.com:8443/inventoryCollection.html ) and adding a custom path: "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0". Once you add that path it will show up in the inventory listing for the computer.

[chelm]

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@jason_bracy wrote:

You can also add it to your inventory collection by going to Settings --> Computer Inventory Collection --> Software --> Applications (or: https://jss.yourcompany.com:8443/inventoryCollection.html ) and adding a custom path: "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0". Once you add that path it will show up in the inventory listing for the computer.

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This produces the following server error on 10.30.3.  

An error occurred while saving the changes

See JAMFSoftwareServer.log for more details

I have tried on our test and prod environments.