Device inventory

Collecting Windows registry data

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This week is all about the recently introduced capability to collect Windows registry data (or in other words, the ability to perform registry inventory). A lot has been written about that capability, but it is such an important enhancement that it deserves a place on this blog as well. Until this moment, IT administrators often used scripting solutions to collect specific Windows registry data. With the introduction of the collection of Windows registry data, the need for such solutions should decline. There will, however, always be scenarios in which it is better to still hold on to those scripting solutions. The capability to collect Windows registry data is part of the earlier introduced device inventory, using the Properties Catalog. That means that the collected information …

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Introducing enhanced app inventory for Windows devices

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This week is all about the new and enhanced app inventory for Windows devices. A lot has been written about that feature already, but it is such an important enhancement that it deserves it place on this blog as well. For many years the best thing for app inventory in Microsoft Intune was the Discovered apps report. That report provided some pretty limited insights abouts the apps that are installed on the devices and the totals for all devices in the environment. The sources used for those insights, however, were pretty limited, which was the main reason why the information was never really useful. That might all change now, with the enhancements to the app inventory for Windows devices. It now uses a new upload …

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Adding additional hardware properties to the device inventory

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This week is all about enhancing the device inventory for Windows devices. Device inventory is a new feature in Microsoft Intune that is specifically focused on enhancing the existing device inventory for Windows devices. That enables the IT administrator to add additional hardware properties to the existing inventory of Windows devices, by relying on the available properties in the Intune data platform. The additional hardware properties can help the organization to better understand the state of the Windows devices and to make potential business decisions based on that information. It really adds additional insights into Microsoft Intune that help with getting in more control and getting better overviews of the Windows devices within the environment. Basically, getting richer reporting information. This blog post will start …

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