Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Maintaining and managing Asset Intelligence involves a number of tasks, including:
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Viewing Asset Intelligence information that Asset Intelligence reports col-
lect from clients
You can run Asset Intelligence reports to view the most detailed
information that the Asset Intelligence feature collects. Asset Intelligence reports are as
follows:
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Hardware reports
Provide information about hardware assets within your orga-
nization, including age and upgrade readiness
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License management reports
Provide information about licensing, including
number of licenses in use, sales channels, and time until expiration
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Software reports
Provide information about software families, categories, and
specific software titles installed on your organization's computers
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Updating the Asset Intelligence catalog
To request synchronization manually, in
the Configuration Manager console, click the Assets And Compliance workspace and
then click Asset Intelligence. Right-click Asset Intelligence, point to Synchronize, and
then click Synchronize Asset Intelligence Catalog. You may request manual synchroni-
zation only once every 12 hours.
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Requesting software categorization
You can submit uncategorized software title
information for research and categorization. After you submit an uncategorized soft-
ware title, Microsoft researchers identify, categorize, and then make the software title
categorization information available to all customers who are using the System Center
Online service. The following information applies to software title information that is
submitted for categorization:
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System Center Online receives only basic software title information. You can review
the software title information before Microsoft researchers categorize and submit it.
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Submitting software titles for categorization does not transmit any license
information.
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Software title information that you upload becomes available publicly as part of
the Microsoft System Center Online Services catalog. Other customers then can
download it.
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Microsoft System Center Online Services does not record the source of the submit-
ted software. However, you should not submit application titles for categorization
that contain confidential or proprietary information.
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Resolving software details conflicts
If an Asset Intelligence catalog categorization
value conflicts with information downloaded from System Center Online, a software
details conflict occurs. You can use the Asset Intelligence Software Details Conflict
Resolution dialog box to select a conflict resolution action.
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You can learn more about Asset Intelligence at
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