Windows 10 Mac Address as a Custom Attribute in VMware Workspace One UEM

This steps below describe how to setup Windows 10 Mac Address as a custom attribute in VMware Workspace One. Such settings are required for exemple when leveraging Certificate template and require the Mac Address.

Creating the Files to push down:

1. Add MAC Address in registry (Powershell script)

$MyMacAddress=(Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | where {$_.ipenabled -EQ $true}).Macaddress | select-object -first 1

$registryPath = “HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0000”

$Name = “MACAddress”

New-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name $name -Value $MyMacAddress

2. Fetch MAC Address from registry key (xml)

<xml version=”1.0″>

<wap-provisioningdoc name=”MAC_Address_2 /V_1″>

     <characteristic type=”com.windowspc.getregistryinfo.managed”>

          <reg_value custom_attribute_name=”Win10 MAC address”

          key_name=”SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0000″

          value_name=”MACAddress”/>

     </characteristic>

</wap-provisioningdoc>

Steps:

1. Push down PS script to add MAC address in registry

Under Device>provisioning>components>files/actions, push down PS script and specify the download path as C:\Temp\<name of the file>.

• In Manifest tab, Add action under Install manifest.
  • Actions: Runs
  • Command line and argument to run: C:\Temp\<name of the files>

• Add products in Product list view
  • Specify Name and Smart group
  • In Manifest tab, Actions to Perform set to Install.
  • Save and activate

• 2. Push down xml to fetch MAC address from registry
  • Under Device>provisioning>components>files/actions, upload XML and specify the download path as {installation path}\AirWatch\AgentUI\Cache\Profiles.

• Add products in Product list view
  • Specify Name and Smart group
  • In Manifest tab, Actions to Perform set to Install.
  • Save and activate

Testing: