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  "endpoint-management",
  "enterprise"
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   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Microsoft Learn publishes official Configuration Manager product documentation, including develop, PowerShell, and administration-service links.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "Microsoft describes Configuration Manager as an on-premises solution that uses your servers, clients, and network, with optional Intune, SQL Server, and Azure products.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/configs/supported-configurations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Microsoft documents the administration service as HTTPS API interoperability over the SMS Provider.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The administration service is described as a REST API.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "The same page states the API is based on the Open Data (OData) v4 protocol.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[2]",
   "note": "The SMS Provider is a WMI provider accessed through WMI or managed classes.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/core/understand/sms-provider-fundamentals",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Microsoft's PowerShell examples call AdminService with Invoke-RestMethod -UseDefaultCredentials. Power BI examples use Windows Authentication.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/usage",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "Access via a cloud management gateway requires an account in Microsoft Entra ID. The caller still needs to be a Configuration Manager administrative user.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "The WMI route covers GET and POST to over 700 classes. The v1.0 route is a newer subset. That is partial relative to the full console.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "The Configuration Manager SDK documentation hub exists for applications that access and modify Configuration Manager data.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "Microsoft documents Microsoft.ConfigurationManager.ManagementProvider as a .NET Framework library wrapping WMI.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/core/understand/sms-provider-fundamentals",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[1]",
   "note": "Microsoft documents the official ConfigurationManager PowerShell module for managing a Configuration Manager hierarchy.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "The ConfigurationManager module is the supported command path. Current branch supports Windows PowerShell 5.1 and the cmdlet library supports PowerShell 7.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Useful production REST/OData plus 700 WMI classes, with on-prem SMS Provider and Windows/Entra gates, matches api 6.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "Official PowerShell coverage is broad but Windows-centric and site-bound, matching cli 6.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the Configuration Manager documentation hub.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the administration service overview.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-14",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the Configuration Manager PowerShell overview.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "last_verified": "2026-09-14",
  "volatility": "medium",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/overview"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/",
 "id": "microsoft-configuration-manager",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "windows-integrated",
    "entra-id"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/develop/adminservice/overview",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest",
    "odata",
    "wmi"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "powershell",
    "wmi",
    "wql"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Microsoft documents the Configuration Manager console as the human UI. Supported automation is the SMS Provider, administration service, SDK, and ConfigurationManager PowerShell module.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "win32"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "dotnet",
    "powershell"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Microsoft Configuration Manager",
 "platforms": [
  "windows"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "microsoft-intune"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Microsoft",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 6,
   "cli": 6,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 6,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Microsoft Configuration Manager current branch is automatable through the SMS Provider and the administration service, not through Microsoft Graph and not as Microsoft Intune. The administration service is a REST API based on OData v4. The WMI route at /AdminService/wmi/ supports GET and POST to over 700 classes. The versioned /AdminService/v1.0/ route covers newer functionality. Callers must be Configuration Manager administrative users. On-premises calls use Windows integrated authentication. Access through a cloud management gateway requires a Microsoft Entra ID account. Microsoft also publishes a .NET management provider wrapping WMI and the official ConfigurationManager PowerShell module. Tenant attach and co-management are integrations with Intune, not this product. A first-party MCP server was not established. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API scores 6 because the surface is broad but on-premises, Windows-centric, and SMS Provider-gated.\n"
 }
}