Asset intelligence deprecation

Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)

Starting in November 2021, the asset intelligence feature of Configuration Manager is deprecated. This article provides more detail about the specific functional areas of asset intelligence that are deprecated or still supported.

Deprecated functionality

The following functional areas are deprecated and may be removed in a future version. Support for these areas will end November 2022.

• The asset intelligence catalog, which includes the following functionality:

  • Cloud updates to the predefined software title information such as product name and vendor

  • Cloud updates to the predefined software categories and software families and the associated SQL views and reports

  • Cloud updates to the predefined hardware requirements for software titles and the associated SQL views and reports

• The asset intelligence synchronization point, which includes the following functionality:

  • Catalog synchronization

  • The ability to request catalog updates for uncategorized software

• The Microsoft Volume License import and reconciliation including the associated SQL views and reports

Supported functionality

The following functional areas aren't currently included in the deprecation and will remain supported:

• The inventoried software titles, which includes the following functionality:

  • Asset intelligence hardware inventory reporting WMI classes

  • The associated SQL views:

    • Asset intelligence hardware inventory views

    • Asset intelligence status view

  • The associated reports

• The product lifecycle dashboard and its associated reports

• The General License Statement import and reconciliation and the associated SQL views and reports

• The ability to view the asset intelligence inventory in the console from the Inventoried Software node

• The existing static, predefined software title information provided with setup for new and existing sites:

  • Product name
  • Vendor
  • Product category
  • Product family
  • Hardware requirement

• The ability to customize the inventoried software title information such as the product name and vendor

• The ability to add custom software categories, families, and labels to inventoried software titles

• The ability for an administrator to add custom hardware requirements to inventoried software titles

References

Asset intelligence reports

Asset intelligence client WMI classes

Asset intelligence views