The following example shows how to delete a security scope in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager by using the SMS_SecuredCategory class.

To delete a security scope

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Load the existing security scope by using the SMS_SecuredCategory WMI class

  3. Delete the security scope by using the delete method.

Example

The following example deletes a security scope by identifier:

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub DeleteSecurityScope(connection, scopeId)
	Dim scope
	' Get the existing scope by identifier.
	Set scope = connection.Get("SMS_SecuredCategory.CategoryID='" & scopeId & "'")
	' Make sure we are allowed to delete this scope.
	If (scope.IsBuiltIn) Then
		Err.Raise 1, "DeleteSecurityScope", "Deleting a built-in security scope is not allowed."
	Else
		scope.Delete_
	End If
End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void DeleteSecurityScope(WqlConnectionManager connection, string scopeId)
{
	// Get the existing scope by identifier.
	IResultObject secScope = connection.GetInstance("SMS_SecuredCategory.CategoryID='" + scopeId + "'");
	// Make sure we are allowed to delete this scope.
	if (secScope.Properties["IsBuiltIn"].BooleanValue == true)
		throw new System.Exception("Deleting a built-in security scope is not allowed.");
	else
		secScope.Delete();
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

scopeId

String

The identifier of the security scope to delete.

Compiling the Code

The C# example requires:

Namespaces

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

See Also