Microsoft Configuration Manager
ComplianceHow to Add a Category to a Windows Driver
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How to Add a Category to a Windows Driver
In Configuration Manager, you add a category to a Windows driver by adding the unique identifier for the category to the SMS_Driver Server WMI ClassCategoryInstance_UniqueIDs array property. The array contains one or more string identifiers that match the SMS_CategoryInstance Server WMI ClassCategoryInstance_UniqueID property value. There is an instance of SMS_CategoryInstance Server WMI Class object for each category in the system.
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ms.date: 09/20/2016 ms.subservice: sdk ms.topic: how-to ms.collection: tier3-ms.service: microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager+ms.service: configuration-manager --- # How to Add a Category to a Windows Driver In Configuration Manager, you add a category to a Windows driver by adding the unique identifier for the category to the [SMS_Driver Server WMI Class](../../develop/reference/osd/sms_driver-server-wmi-class.md)`CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs` array property. The array contains one or more string identifiers that match the [SMS_CategoryInstance Server WMI Class](../../develop/reference/compliance/sms_categoryinstance-server-wmi-class.md)`CategoryInstance_UniqueID` property value. There is an instance of [SMS_CategoryInstance Server WMI Class](../../develop/reference/compliance/sms_categoryinstance-server-wmi-class.md) object for each category in the system.