The Asset Intelligence home page displays a summary dashboard for Asset Intelligence catalog information. On the home page, you can view information about catalog synchronization and inventoried software status. The Asset Intelligence home page is divided into the following sections:

• Catalog Synchronization: Provides information about whether Asset Intelligence is enabled, the current status of the Asset Intelligence synchronization point, the synchronization schedule, whether the customer license statement is imported, when status was last updated and the time for the next scheduled update, and the number of changes that occurred after the Asset Intelligence synchronization point site system was installed.
  
  

  Note
  The Asset Intelligence catalog synchronization section of the Asset Intelligence home page is only displayed if an Asset Intelligence synchronization point site system role has been installed.

• Inventoried Software Status: Provides the count and percentage of inventoried software, software categories, and software families that are identified by Microsoft, identified by an administrative user, pending online identification, or unidentified and not pending. The information displayed in table format shows the count for each, while the information displayed in the chart shows the percentage for each.
  
  

Use the following procedure to view Asset Intelligence information on the Asset Intelligence home page.

To view Asset Intelligence information on the Asset Intelligence home page

There are over 60 Asset Intelligence reports that display the information collected by Asset Intelligence. Many of these reports link to more specific reports in which you can query for general information and drill down to more detailed information. The Asset Intelligence reports are located in the Configuration Manager console, in the Monitoring workspace, under the Reporting node. The reports provide information about hardware, license management, and software. For more information about reports in Configuration Manager, see Reporting in Configuration Manager.

Note

The accuracy of installed software title quantities and license information displayed in Asset Intelligence reports might vary from the actual number of software titles installed or licenses in use in the environment because of the complex dependencies and limitations involved in inventorying software license information for software titles installed in enterprise environments. Asset Intelligence reports should not be used as the sole source for determining purchased software license compliance.

Use the following procedure to view Asset Intelligence information by using the Asset Intelligence reports.

To view collected Asset Intelligence information by using Asset Intelligence reports

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance.

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence.

3. On the Home tab, in the Create group, click Synchronize, and then click Schedule Synchronization.

4. In the Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point Schedule dialog box, select Enable synchronization on a schedule, and then configure a simple or custom schedule.

5. Click OK to save the changes.

   Note
   For information about the synchronization schedule, including the next scheduled synchronization, see the Asset Intelligence node in the Assets and Compliance workspace on the top-level site of the hierarchy.

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance.

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence.

3. On the Home tab, in the Create group, click Synchronize, click Synchronize Asset Intelligence Catalog, and then click OK.

Asset Intelligence software categories are used to broadly categorize inventoried software titles and are also used as high-level groupings of more specific software families. For example, a software category could be energy companies, and a software family within that software category could be oil and gas or hydroelectric. Many software categories are predefined in the Asset Intelligence catalog, and additional user-defined categories can be created to further define inventoried software. The validation state for all predefined software categories is always Validated, while custom software category information added to the Asset Intelligence catalog is User Defined.

Use the following procedure to create a user-defined software category.

To create a user-defined software category

Asset Intelligence software families are used to further define inventoried software titles within software categories. For example, a software category could be energy companies, and a software family within that software category could be oil and gas or hydroelectric. Many software families are predefined in the Asset Intelligence catalog, and additional user-defined families can be created to define inventoried software. The validation state for all predefined software families is always Validated, while custom software family information added to the Asset Intelligence catalog is User Defined.

Use the following procedure to create a user-defined software family.

To create a user-defined software family

Asset Intelligence custom software labels let you create filters that you can use to group software titles and view them by using Asset Intelligence reports. For example, you can create a software label called shareware, associate it with a number of applications, and then run a report that shows you all titles with the software label of shareware. The validation state is User Defined for all custom software labels that you add to the Asset Intelligence catalog.

Use the following procedure to create a user-defined custom label.

To create a user-defined software label

Hardware requirements information can help you verify that computers meet the hardware requirements for software titles before they are targeted for software deployments. Many hardware requirements are predefined in the Asset Intelligence catalog, and you can create new user-defined hardware requirement information to meet custom requirements. The validation state for all predefined hardware requirements is always Validated, while user-defined hardware requirements information added to the Asset Intelligence catalog is User Defined.

Important

The hardware requirements displayed in the Configuration Manager console are retrieved from the Asset Intelligence catalog on the local computer and are not based on inventoried software title information from System Center 2012 Configuration Manager clients. Hardware requirements information is not updated as part of the synchronization process with System Center Online. You can create user-defined hardware requirements for inventoried software that does not have associated hardware requirements.

Use the following procedure to create a user-defined hardware requirement.

To create a user-defined hardware requirements

Predefined software in the Asset Intelligence catalog is configured with specific categorization information, such as product name, vendor, software category, and software family. When the predefined categorization information does not meet your requirements, you can modify the information in the properties for the software title. When you modify categorization information for predefined software, the validation state for the software changes from Validated to User Defined.

Important
The categorization information can only be modified at the top-level site.

Use the following procedure to modify categorization information for inventoried software.

To modify the categorizations for software titles

Use the following procedure to revert software to the original categorization information.

Configuration Manager stores categorization information obtained from System Center Online in the database. The information cannot be deleted. After the information has been modified, you can revert the categorization information back to the System Center Online categorization. Inventoried software that is not in the Asset Intelligence catalog can also be reverted back to the original settings.

Use the following procedure to revert categorization information to the original settings.

To revert categorization information to original settings

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance.

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence, and then click Inventoried Software.

3. Select a product name or select multiple product names, to be submitted to System Center Online for categorization. Only uncategorized inventoried software titles can be submitted to System Center Online for categorization. If an inventoried software title has been categorized by an administrator resulting in a user-defined state, you must right-click the inventoried software title, and then click Revert to revert the software title to the Uncategorized state before it can be submitted to System Center Online for categorization.

   Note
   Configuration Manager can process up to 100 software titles for categorization at a time. If you select more than 100 software titles, only the first 100 software titles will be processed. You must select the remaining software titles for categorization in batches of less than 100.

   Tip
   Click the State column to sort by the validation state. This lets you see all uncategorized product names and quickly select multiple items to submit for categorization.

4. On Home tab, in the Product group, click Request Catalog Update.

5. Review the System Center Online categorization submission privacy message. Click Details to view the information that will be sent to System Center Online.

6. Select I have read and understood this message, and then click OK to allow the selected software titles to be submitted for categorization.

7. Verify that the state of the inventoried software product names submitted to System Center Online for categorization has changed from Uncategorized to Pending.

   Note
   Software that is submitted to System Center Online for categorization has a validation state of Pending on a central administration site is still displayed with a validation state of Uncategorized on child primary sites.

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Assets and Compliance.

2. In the Assets and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence, and then click Inventoried Software.

3. Review the State column for software titles in the Updatable state.

4. Select the software title for which you have to resolve a conflict, and then on the Home tab, in the Product group, and click Resolve Conflict.

5. Review the following information:

   • Local value: Specifies the existing software categorization information in the Asset Intelligence catalog that conflicts with newer System Center Online software categorization details.
     
     
   • Downloaded value: Specifies the new System Center Online software categorization information for conflicting Asset Intelligence catalog software categorization information.
     
     

6. Select one of the following settings to resolve the software details conflict:

   • Do not change the locally edited catalog information value: Resolves the software details conflict by retaining the existing Asset Intelligence catalog software categorization information. When you select this setting, the software title state changes from Updatable to User Defined.
     
     
   • Overwrite the locally edited catalog information value with the downloaded System Center Online value: Resolves the software details conflict by overwriting the existing Asset Intelligence catalog software categorization information with new information obtained from System Center Online. When you select this setting, the software title state changes from Updatable to Validated.
     
     

   Click OK to save the conflict resolution.