IntegrationId is only set when using Connect-ManagementServer with ShowDialog

[joshooaj]

This is a minor issue, but the MIP integration id is an identifier used when a MIP integration connects to a Management Server. It is intended to be a unique ID associated with an XProtect integration and is used by Milestone for telemetry on use of integrations.

If I recall correctly, the Management Server takes note of the integration name, id, and version when a connection is made from another application. I think the name, version, and frequency of use is included when performing an online/offline license activation.

In MilestonePSTools, the module GUID is used for the IntegrationId and the property can be accessed using [MilestonePSTools.Connection.MilestoneConnection]::Instance.IntegrationId, but that property is set by the Connect-ManagementServer command when it creates an instance of MilestoneConnection...

var connection = new MilestoneConnection(loginSettings)
{
    IncludeChildSites = IncludeChildSites,
    IntegrationId = MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.Guid,
    IntegrationName = MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.Name,
    IntegrationVersion = MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.Version.ToString(),
    ManufacturerName = MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.CompanyName,
    SecureOnly = SecureOnly
};

The IntegrationId property is only set when using Connect-ManagementServer -ShowDialog though. We aren't setting the property in other scenarios like using Connect-ManagementServer -ServerAddress or, for some reason, Connect-Vms -ShowDialog (I guess MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.Guid is Guid.Empty when being invoked from outside the C# module?).

Ideally the module ID would always be used when connecting to a management server. Since the module ID should never change, I wonder if we should make it simple and just use a constant rather than worrying about setting the IntegrationId property from outside of the MilestoneConnection class...

[joshooaj]

The reason I even noticed this was because I was writing a script to generate some Smart Client viewitem XML and there's a smartClientId attribute that I was thinking I'd set to the ID of the module. But the value of [MilestonePSTools.Connection.MilestoneConnection]::Instance.IntegrationId was unexpectedly 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.