Diagnostic and usage data for version 2211

Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)

The following sections provide additional detail about data collected at each level. For more information on the levels and how to change them, see Levels of diagnostic usage data.

Changes from previous versions are noted with [New], [Updated], [Removed], or [Moved].

Important

Configuration Manager doesn't collect IP addresses, user names, computer names, physical addresses, or email addresses on the Basic or Enhanced levels. Any collection of this information on the Full level is not purposeful. It is potentially included in advanced diagnostic information like log files or memory snapshots. Microsoft doesn't use this information to identify you, contact you, or develop advertising.

Level 1 - Basic

For Configuration Manager version 2211, this level includes the following data:

Application management (Level 1)

  • Basic application and deployment type counts: total apps, total apps with multiple deployment types, total apps with dependencies, total superseded apps, and count of deployment technologies in use

  • Count of Microsoft Edge installations

  • Count of clients by default and preferred browser

Client (Level 1)

  • Count of client languages and locales

  • Count of Configuration Manager client versions, OS versions, and Office versions

  • Count of Windows 10 and later devices by branch, build, and unique Active Directory forest

  • Count of clients joined to Microsoft Entra ID

  • Count of extended interoperability clients

  • Count of clients by Windows OS age, to the nearest three-month interval

  • Top 10 processor names used on clients and servers

  • Use of the bulk registration token

  • Count of clients by identity source and registration method. For example, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, or PKI client authentication certificate.

  • Count of clients by OS type and version that are joined to Microsoft Entra ID or hybrid-joined

  • Count of clients by OS and system processor type

  • Statistics for the number of collections and machines with power configuration management settings assigned

Cloud services (Level 1)

  • Count of clients by co-management enrollment method

  • Error statistics for co-management enrollment

  • Aggregated usage statistics of co-management: number of clients ever enrolled, number of enrolled clients, number of clients pending enrollment, clients receiving policy, workload states, pilot/exclusion collection sizes, and enrollment errors

  • Count of clients piloting or using each co-management workload

  • Count of Microsoft Entra applications and services connected to Configuration Manager

  • Cloud attach and detach actions

  • Status of last sync with Intune cloud service

  • Configuration and usage statistics of cloud management gateway: counts of regions and environments, and authentication/authorization statistics

  • Summarized count of Endpoint Analytics event

  • Aggregated statistics on Desktop Analytics enrollment errors and usage

  • Count of clients by OS type and version that are co-managed, cloud-attached, or use a cloud management gateway (CMG)

Configuration Manager console (Level 1)

  • Statistics about Configuration Manager console connections: OS version, language, SKU and architecture, system memory, logical processor count, connect site ID, installed .NET versions, console language packs, and capable authentication level

  • Hashed list of extensions to Configuration Manager console property pages and wizards

  • Configuration Manager console crash locations

  • Configuration Manager console usage statistics

  • Configuration Manager console notification configuration and status

Protection (Level 1)

  • Basic Endpoint Protection information about antimalware client versions

  • Existence of Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) server-side extensions

  • BitLocker management client counts summarized by enrollment and TPM state

Setup (Level 1)

  • Build, install type, language packs, features that you enabled

  • Pre-release use, setup media type, branch type

  • Software Assurance expiration date

  • Update pack deployment status and errors, download progress, and prerequisite errors

  • Use of early update ring

  • Version of post-upgrade script

  • Central administration site removal status

Site database (Level 1)

  • Basic database configuration: processors, memory size, memory settings, Configuration Manager database configuration, Configuration Manager database size, cluster configuration, configuration of distributed views, and change tracking version

  • Database performance metrics: replication processing information, top SQL Server stored procedures by processor, and disk usage

  • SQL Server version, service pack level, edition, collation ID, and character set

  • Hashed list of top SQL queries by memory usage and lock count

  • SQL Server Always On availability group replica information, usage, and health status

Site infrastructure (Level 1)

  • Basic Configuration Manager site hierarchy data: site list, type, version, status, client count, time zone, and health status

  • Basic discovery statistics: discovery count, minimum/maximum/average group sizes, and when the site is running entirely with Microsoft Entra services

  • Basic site system server information: site system roles used, internet and SSL status, OS, processors, physical or virtual machine, and usage of site server high availability

  • Configured level for diagnostics and usage data, online or offline mode, and fast update configuration

  • Distribution point and management point types and basic configuration information: protected, prestaged, PXE, multicast, SSL state, pull/peer distribution points, MDM-enabled, and SSL-enabled

  • Diagnostics and usage data statistics: when run, runtime, errors

  • Hashed list of hardware inventory properties longer than 255 characters

  • Count and processing rates of key Configuration Manager objects: data discovery records (DDR), state messages, status messages, hardware inventory, software inventory, and overall count of files in inboxes

  • Site server disk and processor performance information

  • Uptime and memory usage information for Configuration Manager site server processes

  • Count of crashes for Configuration Manager site server processes, and Watson signature ID, if available

  • [Updated] Hash of key site attributes (site ID, site codes, sites names, SQL Server broker ID, and site exchange key)

  • Status and health of the administration service

  • Counts of errors from administration service

  • Site health information

  • Site health check configuration and status

  • Version of Visual Studio redistributable and .NET Framework installed on clients and site system servers

  • Summarized hierarchy health and activity status

Miscellaneous (Level 1)

  • Basic OS deployment counts of images

  • Count of Windows clients that use Windows Update for Business

  • Count of operating systems for managed devices and policies set by the Exchange Connector

  • Count of phased deployments created by type

  • Count of categorized and uncategorized applications for asset intelligence

  • Aggregated count of upgrade readiness assessments

  • Number of software updates referenced by task sequence

Level 2 - Enhanced

For Configuration Manager version 2211, this level includes the following data:

Application management (Level 2)

  • App requirements: count of built-in conditions referenced by deployment technology

  • App supersedence, maximum depth of chain

  • Application approval statistics and usage frequency

  • Application content size statistics

  • Application deployment information: use of install versus uninstall, requires approval, user interaction enabled/disabled, dependency, supersedence, and usage count of install behavior feature

  • Application policy size and complexity statistics

  • Available application request statistics

  • Basic configuration information for packages and programs: deployment options and program flags

  • Basic usage/targeting information for deployment types: user versus device targeted, required versus available, and universal apps

  • Count of application applicability by OS

  • Count of applications referenced in a task sequence

  • Count of distinct branding for application catalog

  • Count of Microsoft 365 Apps applications created using dashboard

  • Count of packages by type

  • Count of package/program deployments

  • Count of Windows 10 and later licensed application licenses

  • Count of Windows Installer deployment types by uninstall content settings

  • Count of Microsoft Store for Business apps and sync statistics: summarized types of apps, licensed app status, and number of online and offline licensed apps

  • Maintenance window type and duration

  • Minimum/maximum/average number of application deployments per user/device per time period

  • Most common application installation error codes by deployment technology

  • MSI configuration options and counts

  • Statistics on end-user interaction with notification for required software deployments

  • Universal Data Access usage, how created

  • Aggregated user device affinity statistics

  • Max and average primary users per device

  • Application global condition usage by type

  • Software Center customization configuration, including use of settings to configure Software Center and notification branding

  • Package Conversion Manager readiness and counts

  • Count of application detection methods by type

  • Count of application enforcement errors

  • MSI installer properties

  • Statistics of user install requests

  • Aggregated statistics on the use of the email approval feature

  • File count, content size, services count, and custom action count of MSIs in application catalog

  • Count of devices by Office ProPlus readiness state

  • Aggregated statistics on the use of application groups

  • Aggregated statistics on Office add-ins, usage of the Office Readiness Toolkit, and counts of clients with Microsoft 365 Apps

  • Aggregated statistics on Office add-in health

  • Count and size of Office Pro Plus pilot collections

  • Number of Office Pro Plus devices sending Office health data

  • Count of the type of actions used on apps over time

Client (Level 2)

  • Active Management Technology (AMT) client version

  • BIOS age in years, and distribution of ages in months

  • Count of devices with Secure Boot enabled

  • Count of devices by TPM state

  • Client auto-upgrade: deployment configuration including client piloting and exclusion usage (extended interoperability client)

  • Client deployment download errors

  • Client health statistics and top issue summary by client version, component, OS, and workload

  • Client notification operation action status: how many times each is run, max number of targeted clients, and average success rate

  • Count of client installations from each source location type

  • Count of client installation failures

  • Count of devices virtualized by Hyper-V or Azure

  • Count of Software Center actions

  • Count of UEFI-enabled devices

  • Deployment methods used for client and count of clients per deployment method

  • List/count of enabled client agents

  • OS age in months

  • Number of hardware inventory classes, software inventory rules, file collection rules, and overall health status

  • Statistics for device health attestation: most common error codes, number of on-premises servers, and counts of devices in various states

  • Count of devices by default browser

  • Count of Configuration Manager-generated server authentication certificates

  • Count of Microsoft Surface devices by model

  • Count of client health check failures by issue type

  • Count of status (total/approved/blocked) for client certificate types

  • Client counts for different user/device relationship types

  • Count of clients in VPN boundaries

  • Power plans with their peak and non-peak usage statistics

  • Power plan peak usage statistics

  • Power plan setting options usage statistics

Cloud services (Level 2)

  • Microsoft Entra discovery statistics

  • Count of collections synced to Azure Log Analytics

  • Count of Upgrade Analytics Connectors

  • Whether the Azure Log Analytics cloud connector is enabled

  • Count of pull-distribution points with a cloud distribution point as a source location

  • Usage of the cloud services onboarding wizard

  • Cloud services configuration onboarding properties

  • Cloud services endpoint connectivity and component health

  • Usage of the cloud-attach wizard

  • Cloud Distribution Point usage statistics

CMPivot (Level 2)

  • CMPivot usage statistics

  • Count of saved CMPivot queries

  • Count of queries by entity type

Co-management (Level 2)

  • Enrollment schedule and historical statistics

  • Count of clients eligible for co-management

  • Associated Microsoft Intune tenant

Collections (Level 2)

  • Collection ID usage (not running out of IDs)

  • Collection evaluation statistics: query time, assigned versus unassigned counts, counts by type, ID rollover, and rule usage

  • Collections without a deployment

  • Count of collections synchronized to Microsoft Entra ID, including type and size

  • Statistics for collection member counts and collection rule counts

  • Statistics about the collection rule WMI class query dependencies

Compliance settings (Level 2)

  • Basic configuration baseline information: count, number of deployments, number of references, and frequency of changes

  • Compliance policy error statistics

  • Count of configuration items by type

  • Count of deployments that reference built-in settings, including remediate setting

  • Count of rules and deployments created for custom settings, including remediate setting

  • Count of deployed Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), VPN, Wi-Fi, certificate (.pfx), and compliance policy templates

  • Count of SCEP certificate, VPN, Wi-Fi, certificate (.pfx), and compliance policy deployments by platform

  • Windows Hello for Business policy (created, deployed)

  • Count of deployed Microsoft Edge Legacy browser policies

  • Count of OneDrive policies (created, deployed)

  • Count of compliance settings deployed by category, OS, and source (cloud vs on-premises)

  • Company resource access profile settings usage

Configuration Manager console (Level 2)

  • Counts of active and viewed console notification messages by type

  • Count of folders by object type

  • Console performance information

  • 25 most common actions, wizards, property sheets, and tree nodes accessed in the console

  • List of installed console extensions, and whether they're enabled, required, or approved

  • Summary of size and count of admin persisted settings

  • Selected console usage information

  • Unsigned extension policy

  • Console dark mode usage

Content (Level 2)

  • Boundary group statistics: how many fast, how many slow, count per group, and fallback relationships

  • Boundary group information: count of boundaries and site systems that are assigned to each boundary group

  • Boundary group relationships and fallback configuration

  • Client content download statistics

  • Count of boundaries by type

  • Count of peer cache clients, usage statistic, and partial download statistics

  • Distribution Manager configuration information: threads, retry delay, number of retries, and pull distribution point settings

  • Distribution point configuration information: use of branch cache and distribution point monitoring

  • Distribution point group information: count of packages and distribution points that are assigned to each distribution point group

  • Content library type, whether local or remote

  • Count of boundary groups by configuration

  • Count of subnets excluded from peer cache

  • Count and type of operations on the SMSDPProvider service for distribution points

Protection (Level 2)

  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint policies (formerly known as Windows Defender for Endpoint): count of policies, and whether policies are deployed.

  • Count of alerts that are configured for Endpoint Protection feature

  • Count of collections that are selected to appear in Endpoint Protection dashboard

  • Count of Windows Defender Exploit Guard policies, deployments, and targeted clients

  • Endpoint Protection deployment errors, count of Endpoint Protection policy deployment error codes

  • Endpoint Protection antimalware and Windows Firewall policy usage (number of unique policies assigned to group). This data doesn't include any information about the settings included in the policy.

  • Aggregated statistics for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint policies

  • [New] Count of Microsoft Defender Application Guard policies, deployments, and targeted clients

  • [New] Count of Microsoft Defender Application Control policies, deployments, and targeted clients

Migration (Level 2)

  • Count of migrated objects (use of migration wizard)

Mobile device management (MDM) (Level 2)

  • Count of issued mobile device actions: lock, pin rest, wipe, retire, and sync now commands

  • Count of mobile device policies

  • Count of mobile devices Configuration Manager manages, and how you enrolled them (bulk, user-based)

  • Count of users who have multiple enrolled mobile devices

  • Mobile device polling schedule and statistics for mobile device check-in duration

On-premises mobile device management (MDM) (Level 2)

  • Count of Windows bulk enrollment packages and profiles

  • Deployment success/failure statistics for on-premises MDM application deployments

OS deployment (Level 2)

  • Count of boot images, drivers, driver packages, multicast-enabled distribution points, PXE-enabled distribution points, and task sequences

  • Count of boot images by Configuration Manager client version

  • Count of boot images by Windows PE version

  • Count of edition upgrade policies

  • Count of hardware identifiers excluded from PXE

  • Count of OS deployment by OS version

  • Count of OS upgrades over time

  • Count of task sequence deployments using option to pre-download content

  • Counts of task sequence step usage

  • Version of Windows ADK installed

  • Count of image servicing tasks

  • Count of imported machines

  • Count of duplicate hardware identifiers (MAC address and SMBIOS GUID) excluded from PXE and client registration

  • Count of task sequences by type (OS deployment or generic task sequence)

  • Count of packages with pre-cache content settings

  • Grouped sizes of task sequence policies

  • Count of error codes from feature upgrades for Windows clients

  • Count of supported and unsupported OS versions

  • Count of task sequences and legacy packages with custom icons

Site updates (Level 2)

  • Versions of installed Configuration Manager hotfixes

Software updates (Level 2)

  • Available and deadline deltas that are used in automatic deployment rules

  • Average and maximum number of assignments per update

  • Client update evaluation and scan schedules

  • Classifications synced by the software update point

  • Cluster patching statistics

  • Configuration of Windows express updates

  • Configurations that are used for active Windows servicing plans

  • Count of deployed Microsoft 365 Apps updates

  • Count of Microsoft Surface drivers synced

  • Count of update groups and assignments

  • Count of update packages and the maximum/minimum/average number of distribution points that are targeted with packages

  • Count of updates that are created and deployed with System Center Update Publisher

  • Count of Windows Update for Business policies created and deployed

  • Aggregated statistics of Windows Update for Business configurations

  • Number of automatic deployment rules that are tied to synchronization

  • Number of automatic deployment rules that create new or add updates to an existing group

  • Number of automatic deployment rules that have multiple deployments

  • Number of update groups and minimum/maximum/average number of updates per group

  • Number of updates and percentage of updates that are deployed, expired, superseded, downloaded, and contain EULAs

  • Software update point load-balancing statistics

  • Software update point synchronization schedule

  • Total/average number of collections that have software update deployments and the maximum/average number of deployed updates

  • Update scan error codes and machine count

  • Windows servicing dashboard content versions

  • Count of third-party software update catalog subscriptions and usage

  • Count of software updates deployed with and without content

  • Aggregated statistics on the number of UUP updates that are required, deployed, expired, superseded, and downloaded

  • Use of UUP product categories

  • Count of clients that have deployed at least one UUP quality update or UUP feature update

  • Top UUP error codes and count of affected devices

  • List of subscriptions to third-party software update catalogs

  • Use of WSUS maintenance settings

  • Orchestration group usage

  • Windows Update fallback configuration settings

  • Type, size, and timeout settings of orchestration group scripts

  • Software Update Point setting options statistics

SQL/performance data (Level 2)

  • Configuration and duration of site summarization

  • Count of largest database tables

  • Discovery operational statistics (count of objects found)

  • Discovery types, enabled, and schedule (full, incremental)

  • SQL Server change tracking performance issues, retention period, and autocleanup state

  • SQL Server change tracking retention period

  • State and status message performance statistics including most common and most expensive message types

  • Management point traffic statistics (total bytes sent and received by endpoint)

  • Management point performance counter measurements

  • Aggregated performance statistics of calls made to Software Center endpoints on the management point

  • SQL Server maintenance task configuration and status

  • Status of recent re-initialization requests

Miscellaneous (Level 2)

  • Configuration of data warehouse service point including synchronization schedule, average time, and use of customized tables feature

  • Count of scripts and run/edit statistics

  • Count of sites with Wake On LAN (WOL)

  • Reporting usage and performance statistics

  • Phased deployment usage statistics

  • Management insights item counts and progress

  • Count of crashes for unique non-Configuration Manager processes on the site server, and Watson signature ID, if available

  • Aggregated system boot time statistics by OS, form-factor, and drive type

  • Usage of the Azure migration tool

  • Count of clients with browser usage

  • Summary of how many site systems have the proxy enabled and how many are authenticated proxy, including configuration, usage patterns, and traffic patterns

  • Usage information for the last seven days of in-console product feedback

  • Count of site-to-site accounts by type

  • Usage statistics for user and device custom properties

  • Count and type of edits to asset intelligence categories

Level 3 - Full

For Configuration Manager version 2211, this level includes the following data:

  • Automatic deployment rule evaluation schedule information

  • ATP health summary

  • Collection evaluation and refresh statistics

  • Compliance policy statistics on compliance and errors

  • Compliance settings: SCEP, VPN, Wi-Fi, and compliance policy template configuration details

  • DCM config pack for Configuration Manager usage

  • Detailed client deployment installation errors

  • Endpoint Protection health summary: including count of protected, at risk, unknown, and unsupported clients

  • Endpoint Protection policy configuration

  • List of processes configured with installation behavior for applications

  • Minimum/maximum/average number of hours since last software update scan

  • Minimum/maximum/average number of inactive clients in software update deployment collections

  • Minimum/maximum/average number of software updates per package

  • MSI product code deployment statistics

  • Overall compliance of software update deployments

  • Count of groups that have expired software updates

  • Software update deployment error codes and counts

  • Software update deployment information: percentage of deployments that are targeted with client versus UTC time, required versus optional versus silent, and reboot suppression

  • Software update products synced by software update point

  • Software update scan success percentages

  • Top 50 CPUs in the environment

  • Type of Exchange Active Sync (EAS) conditional access policies (block or quarantine) for devices that Microsoft Intune manages

  • Microsoft Store for Business application details: non-aggregate list of synced applications including AppID, online state or offline state, and total purchased license counts

  • Count of clients pushed with option to not allow fallback to NTLM

  • List of Configuration Manager console extensions