Should I be Importing Computers in to SCSM via AD Connector? No.
Computer accounts that appear in AD may not have valid data in SCCM and therefore when the Cireson Asset Management workflows run and Hardware Assets are created from the imported windows computer CI’s the computer accounts that do not have SCCM data are created but do not have valid SCCM inventory data
How to use the Cireson Asset Import Connector
The Cireson Asset Import Connector is one of the solutions contained within the Cireson Asset Management Stream of products and allows for Asset Administrators to take the guesswork out of importing external data into System Center Service Manager. This app allows any out-of-the-box CMDB data, or any information in the Cireson Asset Management app, to be imported from external CSV, SQL, ODBC or LDAP sources of truth, exposing an intuitive interface that provides the ability to map columns and schedule imports when required.
Cireson Software Asset Management – Tracking Operating Systems
This is a quick blog post to cover off why we would track Windows OS’s as Software Assets and, more importantly, how to do this in Cireson Asset Management.
Getting More From ConfigMgr For SCSM
We all love Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager and the vast majority of the industry loves it too. As Microsoft have recently announced over 50Million end points are now covered by just the latest current branch build (1610) https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2016/11/18/configmgr-current-branch-surpasses-50m-managed-devices/?Ocid=C+E%20Social%20FY17_Social_TW_MSFTMobility_20161128_685262993 The amount of data points that are returned from the ConfigMgr client is huge and can […]