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Global conditions
Global conditions define the attributes that Configuration Manager evaluates to determine
whether a deployment type applies to a particular user or device. However, they do not
define the particular values for which you are checking. You use global conditions to build
requirements that will contain the values for which you are checking. You can use the pre-
defined global conditions to define a requirement within any applicable deployment type;
however, you cannot modify the predefined global conditions. There are two categories of
predefined global conditions for both mobile and Windows-based device types: User and
Device.
Table 2-4 lists the predefined global conditions and the requirements for which you should
use them.
TABLE 2-4 Global conditions
Category
Predeined global condition
When would you use this?
User
Primary device
Is this device a primary device for the tar-
geted user?
Device
Active Directory site
Does this device belong to one of the listed
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
sites?
Operating system
Is this device running one of the listed oper-
ating systems?
Total physical memory
Does this device meet the defined memory
requirement?
If the predefined global conditions do not meet your needs, you can create custom global
conditions. Administrator-created global conditions allow for a high level of customization.
You can create global conditions for Windows-based devices, Windows Mobile-based
devices, and Nokia devices. The available settings vary depending on the type of global con-
dition you are creating.
Examples of custom global conditions include:
Checking for a registry setting on a device.
Checking for a specific configuration of an application that the registry defines.
Verifying that a specific .NET assembly is available.
Verifying an application version for an upgrade.
To create custom global conditions, in the Software Library workspace, in the Global Con-
ditions node, click Create Global Condition.
When you create a Windows-based global condition, you can check several aspects of
Windows-based computers. Table 2-5 describes the setting types you can configure for evalu-
ation of applications to Windows-based computers.
 
 
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