Introduction
we have mentioned that one of the most SCCM features is Inventory
and also we said that SCCM support Hardware inventory beside with Software inventory
in this article we will see how Software inventory is configured and how to view software inventory
the concept of SW inventory
as per microsoft.com
[[Use software inventory to collect information about files on client devices.]]
microsoft is talking about file NOT software >>> YES File
SO … this term is misleading
her in Network pioneers : we investigated many IT MVP sites trying to figure out the concept :
SCCM Software Inventory shouldn’t be called SCCM Software Inventory at all.
Instead, it should be called SCCM File Inventory as it actually only collects file header details.
SCCM admin will enable it and add either *.* or *.exe; in either case,
When this happens it is almost always done in a manner that results in poor performance on ConfigMgr clients.
What do that mean?
Think about how much work the ConfigMgr client has to do in order to collect this information.
SW Inv is generally set up to inventory all folders and all hard drives.
That’s a lot of work and it will make headache of OS performance
let us to follow microsoft definition to SW inventory features
Software inventory can also collect files from client devices and store them on the site server.
Software inventory is collected when you select the Enable software inventory on clients setting in client settings.
You can also schedule the operation in client settings.
Software inventory Configuration Steps
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