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

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

3. On the Home tab, in the Asset Intelligence group, click Edit Inventory Classes. The Edit Inventory Classes dialog box opens.

4. To enable Asset Intelligence reporting, select Enable all Asset Intelligence reporting classes or select Enable only the selected Asset Intelligence reporting classes, and select at least one reporting class from the classes displayed.

   Note
   Asset Intelligence reports that depend on the hardware inventory classes that you enable by using this procedure do not display data until clients have scanned for and returned hardware inventory.

5. Click OK to enable the selected Asset Intelligence hardware inventory reporting classes.

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration.

2. In the Administration workspace, click Client Settings, and then select the Default Client Agent Settings.

   Note
   If you have created custom client settings, you can select the custom client settings instead of the default client settings.

3. On the Home tab, in the Properties group, click Properties. The Client Settings Properties dialog box opens.

4. Click Hardware Inventory, and then click Set Classes. The Hardware Inventory Classes dialog box opens.

5. Click Filter by category, and then click Asset Intelligence Reporting Classes. The list of classes is refreshed with only the Asset Intelligence hardware inventory reporting classes.

6. Select at least one reporting class from the list of Asset Intelligence reporting classes.

   Note
   Asset Intelligence reports that depend on the hardware inventory classes that you enable by using this procedure do not display data until clients have scanned for and returned hardware inventory.

7. Click OK to enable the selected Asset Intelligence hardware inventory reporting classes.

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration.

2. In the Administration workspace, expand Site Configuration, and then click Servers and Site System Roles.

3. Add the Asset Intelligence synchronization point site system role to a new or existing site system server by using the associated step:

   • New site system server: On the Home tab, in the Create group, click Create Site System Server. The Create Site System Server Wizard opens.
     
     

     Note

     By default, when Configuration Manager installs a site system role, the installation files are installed on the first available NTFS-formatted hard disk drive that has the most available free hard disk space. To prevent Configuration Manager from installing on specific drives, create an empty file named No_sms_on_drive.sms and copy it to the root folder of the drive before you install the site system server.

   • Existing site system server: Click the server on which you want to install the Asset Intelligence synchronization point site system role. When you click a server, a list of the site system roles that are already installed on the server are displayed in the details pane.
     
     On the Home tab, in the Server group, click Add Site System Role. The Add Site System Roles Wizard opens.
     
     

4. On the General page, specify the general settings for the site system server. When you add the Asset Intelligence synchronization point to an existing site system server, verify the values that were previously configured.

5. On the System Role Selection page, select Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point from the list of available roles, and then click Next.

6. On the Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point Connection Settings page, click Next.

   By default, the Use this Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point setting is selected and cannot be configured on this page. System Center Online accepts network traffic only over TCP port 443, therefore the SSL port number setting cannot be configured on this page of the wizard.

7. Optionally, you can specify a path to the System Center Online authentication certificate (.pfx) file, and then click Next. Typically, you do not specify a path for the certificate because the connection certificate is automatically provisioned during site role installation.

8. On the Proxy Server Settings page, specify whether the Asset Intelligence synchronization point will use a proxy server when connecting to System Center Online to synchronize the catalog and whether to use credentials to connect to the proxy server, and then click Next.

   Warning
   If a proxy server is required to connect to System Center Online, the connection certificate might also be deleted if the user account password expires for the account configured for proxy server authentication.

9. On the Synchronization Schedule page, specify whether to synchronize the Asset Intelligence catalog on a schedule. When you enable the synchronization schedule, you specify a simple or custom synchronization schedule. During scheduled synchronization, the Asset Intelligence synchronization point connects to System Center Online to retrieve the latest Asset Intelligence catalog. You can manually synchronize the Asset Intelligence catalog from the Asset Intelligence node in the Configuration Manager console. For the steps to manually synchronize the Asset Intelligence catalog, see the To manually synchronize the Asset Intelligence catalog section in the Operations for Asset Intelligence in Configuration Manager.

10. On the Summary page of the New Site Role Wizard, review the settings you have specified to ensure that they are correct before you continue. To make changes to any settings, click Previous until you return to the appropriate page, make the change, and return to the Summary page.

1. On a Configuration Manager client computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Local Security Policy.

2. In the Local Security Policy dialog box, under Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and then click Audit Policy.

3. In the results pane, double-click Audit logon events, ensure that the Success check box is selected, and then click OK.

1. On a domain controller computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Domain Security Policy.

2. In the Local Security Policy dialog box, under Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and then click Audit Policy.

3. In the results pane, double-click Audit logon events, ensure that the Success check box is selected, and then click OK.

1. In the Asset and Compliance workspace, click Asset Intelligence.

2. On the Home tab, in the Asset Intelligence group, click Import Software Licenses. The Import Software License Wizard opens.

3. On the Welcome page, click Next.

4. On the Import page, specify whether you are importing a Microsoft Volume Licensing (MVLS) file (.xml or .csv) or a General License Statement file (.csv). For more information about creating a General License Statement file, see Create a General License Statement Information File for Import later in this topic.

   Warning
   To download an MVLS file in .csv format that you can import to the Asset Intelligence catalog, see Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center. To access this information, you must have a registered account on the website. You must contact your Microsoft account representative for information about how to get your MVLS file in .xml format.

5. Enter the UNC path to the license statement file or click Browse to select a network shared folder and file.

   Note
   The shared folder should be correctly secured to prevent unauthorized access to the licensing information file, and the computer account of the computer that the wizard is being run on must have Full Control permissions to the share that contains the license import file.

6. On the Summary page, review the information you have specified to ensure that it is correct before continuing. To make any changes, click Previous to return to the Import page.

1. Open Microsoft Excel and create a new spreadsheet.

2. On the first row of the new spreadsheet, enter all software license data field names.

3. On the second and subsequent rows of the new spreadsheet, enter software license information as required. Ensure that at least all of the required software license data fields are entered on subsequent rows for each software license to be imported. The software title name entered in the spreadsheet must be the same as the software title that is displayed in Resource Explorer for a client computer after hardware inventory has run.

4. On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file in .csv format.

5. Copy the .csv file to the file share that is used to import software license information into the Asset Intelligence catalog.

6. In the Configuration Manager console, use the Import Software License Wizard to import the newly created .csv license information file.

7. Run the Asset Intelligence License 15A – Third Party Software Reconciliation Report to verify that the licensing information has been successfully imported into the Asset Intelligence catalog.

When creating a general license statement import file, the information in the following table can be used to describe software licenses to be imported into the Asset Intelligence catalog.

1. In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration.

2. In the Administration workspace, expand Site Configuration, and then click Sites.

3. Select the site on which to configure the Asset Intelligence maintenance task.

   Note
   The Summarize Installed Software Data maintenance task is available only on primary sites.

4. On the Home tab, in the Settings group, click Site Maintenance. A list of all available site maintenance tasks appears.

5. Select the desired maintenance task, and then click Edit to modify the settings.

6. Enable and configure the maintenance task. To minimize interference with the site operation, we recommend that you set the time period to off-peak hours of the site. The time period is the time interval in which the task can run. It is defined by the Start after and Latest start time specified in the Task Properties dialog box.

   Warning
   You can initiate the task right away by selecting the current day and setting the Start after time to a couple minutes after the present time.

7. Click OK to save your settings. The task now runs according to its schedule.

   Note
   If a task fails to run on the first attempt, Configuration Manager attempts to rerun the task until either the task runs successfully or until the time period in which the task can run has passed.