How to add Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 to your Software Catalog in SCCM.

A lot of programs these days rely on Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 to work. In an SCCM environment, this can prove to be a very useful application to have in your Software Catalog and as an application so that your users can install it when required and so that you can also use it as a pre-requisite (dependency) for other applications that you may have in your Software Catalog.  

This post will show you how to add Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 to your Software Catalog as an application.

Firstly, you will need to download the full redistributable package from Microsoft, this can be found here:  

Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 Download  

Once you have downloaded the executable file, copy it to your usual source location ready to add to SCCM as an application.   The details that you will then require to successfully add this are below:  

Installation Program:

"dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe" /q /norestart

Uninstall Program:

%windir%Microsoft.NETFramework64v4.0.30319SetupCacheExtendedsetup.exe /uninstall /x86 /x64 /ia64 /parameterfolder Extended /q /norestart

Detection Method:

You can then distribute to your distribution points and deploy where you require, it will also then be available to other applications in your catalog as a pre-req (dependency).