{"id":9153,"date":"2026-10-25T15:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/support-articles\/when-creating-a-sccm-task-how-to-check-if-elements-agent-is-installed-on-a-computer\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:19:31","slug":"when-creating-a-sccm-task-how-to-check-if-elements-agent-is-installed-on-a-computer","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/when-creating-a-sccm-task-how-to-check-if-elements-agent-is-installed-on-a-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"When creating a SCCM task, how to check if Elements Agent is installed on a computer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>What is the best way to remotely check that Elements Agent (EPP for Computers or EPP for Servers) has been successfully installed on a computer in situations where there is an automatic SCCM task set to perform the installation of Elements Agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We want to prevent reinstallation of Elements Agent by the SCCM task if computer already has the Elements Agent program installed on it. How to manage this centrally?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>Best way to determine if Elements Agent is installed on a computer after an SCCM installation is to use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), since WMI Provider is enabled by default in the WithSecure Office (Open) default profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can with PowerShell retrieve from example the real-time scanning status, which would prove that the Elements Agent is installed and running correctly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$av = Get-WmiObject -Namespace &quot;root\/fsecure&quot; -Class AntiVirus2<br \/>Write-Host &quot;Is real-time scanning enabled: &quot; $av.RealTimeScanningEnabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read more about the WMI integration features of Elements Agent, you can view the User Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/userguides\/product.html#business\/psb-portal\/latest\/en\/wmi_obtaining_properties-psb-portal-latest-en\" target=\"_blank\">Obtain properties via WMI | Elements Endpoint Protection | Latest | WithSecure User Guides<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you do not wish to use WMI, you can alternatively simply view the\u00a0<strong>Environment &gt; Devices <\/strong>list in the Elements Security Center portal to make sure that the device has appeared on the list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\nWhat is the best way to remotely check that PSB Computer Protection is installed on a computer in situations where customer has an automatic SCCM task to perform the installation of PSB Computer Protection.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\nCustomer wants to prevent reinstallation\u00a0of PSB Computer Protection by the SCCM task if computer already has the program installed on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-9153","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000010702","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-25 13:19:31","import_hash":"a39d8994cae2bb2038136a7bbabd0aed4f52f062","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/9153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=9153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}