Simple question pretty sure I already know the answer too. I created a VBScript that reads a text file that can contain multiple hostnames for remote machines. I connect to WMI on each machine and initiate actions to perform full HW inventory, request policies ect..... My question is what's the difference between these two? Machine Policy Assignment Request 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000021Machine Policy Evaluation 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000022 I'm thinking that Machine Policy Assignment Request (Will just check the MP to see if there are any new ADV assigned to it etc.) and Machine Policy Evaluation (Will check to see if any of the client settings have been changed on the MP)? Thanks,

A request downloads the applicable policy, merges it into WMI, and also kicks off an evaluation of that policy (this is identical to using the control panel applet. An evaluation just looks through the existing policy already on a system in WMI and acts accordingly. The reason for two separate actions is because there are other ways to deliver policies to clients than from the MP so you need a way to re-evaluate what's in WMI.Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | Twitter @JasonSandys

Awesome thanks for explaining this I thought Machine Policy Assignment Request this was the one I wanted...

Curious do you have any links showing how you can manually create a advertisement .ect on a machine? I know it would have to do with adding information to WMI probably the actual config portion?

Its in the SDK I'm sure. You can also use Policy Spy (from the toolkit) or Roger's Client Center to apply policies to individual systems.Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com | Twitter @JasonSandys