Windows Systems Management - Key enhancements to Asset Intelligence help drive System Center Configuration Manager

Asset Intelligence is an important new component that has been added to System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007. This feature set is the only real way to accurately account for assets and ensure that all the software you're using is properly licensed.

Asset Intelligence version 1.0 first appeared as part of Systems Management Server 2003 SP3. The tool was useful but flawed by some critical limitations. Fortunately, the release of Asset Intelligence 1.5 beta just a few weeks ago marks the best edition of the tool to date. Version 1.5 has several new features and improvements that make it a much better product than the original, and more extensive than version 1.1, which shipped with SCCM 2007 RTM.

The latest release of Asset Intelligence includes three main enhancements:

1. A new user interface that allows full interaction with Asset Intelligence and includes a GUI def.mof editor

2. The ability to customize the on premises catalog (or local edits)

3. The ability to upload and download information to System Center Online (dynamic updates)

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