About Inventory in System Center Essentials

Applies To: System Center Essentials 2010

In System Center Essentials 2010, after agents are deployed on managed computers, they inventory software and hardware on a regular 22-hour cycle. During this cycle, the agents contact the Essentials management server to synchronize updates and to send the collected inventory. Users can then view that data in the Essentials console. Along with the inventory data, Essentials 2010 also displays other important information about the managed computer, such as alerts and update compliance.

Administrators can use inventory data to monitor the health of individual managed computers, diagnose problems, evaluate the need for specific updates or for specific software, and evaluate hardware upgrade requirements in the organization.

The inventory information includes the following details about managed computers:

How to View Hardware Inventory in System Center Essentials 2010
How to View Software Inventory in System Center Essentials 2010