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Prerequisites for Hardware Inventory in Configuration Manager

 

Updated: May 14, 2015

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1

Hardware inventory in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager contains only dependencies within the product.

Configuration Manager Dependencies

Dependency

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Hardware inventory must be enabled for clients to collect inventory

For information about how to enable and configure hardware inventory, see How to Configure Hardware Inventory in Configuration Manager.

Reporting services point

The reporting services point site system role must be installed before you can run reports for hardware inventory. For more information, see Reporting in Configuration Manager.