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Enterprise Reporter 3.2.2 - Configuration Manager User Guide

Product Overview Understanding Discoveries Creating Discoveries
Step 1. Create the Discovery Step 2. Choose what to include in your discovery (Scopes) Step 2a. Choose scopes for your discoveries
Choosing your Active Directory Scopes Choosing your Computer Scopes Choosing Your Exchange Scopes Choosing Your File Storage Analysis Scopes Choosing Your Microsoft SQL Scopes Choosing Your NTFS Scopes Choosing Your Registry Scopes
Step 2b: Choose scopes for your Office 365 discoveries Step 3. Schedule your Discovery Step 4: Review the summary
Managing Discoveries Configuring the Configuration Manager
Starting the Configuration Manager Finding Answers and Getting Help An Overview of Enterprise Reporter Communications and Credentials Required Logged In User Details Setting Up Your First Collection Computers Modifying your Deployment Improving the Performance of Your Discoveries What does the status of a node or cluster indicate? Using the Credential Manager Changing the Credentials used by the Enterprise Reporter Server Configuring Global Settings Global Discovery Settings
Troubleshooting Issues with Enterprise Reporter Appendix: PowerShell cmdlets Appendix: Encryption Key Manager Appendix: Log Viewer

Computer Discovery: Include scopes

You can specifically add domains, OUs, containers or computers. Domains, OUs and containers can contain many computers, which can significantly increase the time it takes to run the discovery.

For full information on using the browser to add scopes, see Step 2b: Choose scopes for your Office 365 discoveries . You can create scopes using a dynamic query, which is resolved when the discovery is run. This gives you the flexibility to describe the computers you want to target. For more information, see Using Queries to Define Your Scopes .

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NOTE: Use caution when creating your queries. Ensure that the resulting set of targets is not too large for a single discovery. As well, query results should not include computers included in another discovery of the same type. If a target is in more than one discovery of a particular type, rejected tasks will appear. For more information, see Data Collection Issues .

To explicitly include objects in your Computer scope

1
Click Add.
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If you have a text file containing the computers to be selected, click Import and follow the steps as outlined in Importing Computers to Your Scopes .
2
In the treeview, locate the desired object and select it.
To select multiple objects, press Ctrl during selection.
For more information, see Filtering in the Browser .
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To add a scope using a query, expand the Add to scope menu, select Add scope using a query, and click Add. For more information, see Using Queries to Define Your Scopes .
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To include a scope using a subnet, expand the Add to scope menu, select Add Subnet, and click Add. For more information, see Using Subnets to Define Your Scopes .
3
Click Include to add to your selected scopes list.
4
Click OK. 
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NOTE: When you add a domain, its child domains are not included - each domain must be explicitly added. When you add an OU or container, all children are included.

Computer Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions

Exclusions refine the inclusions you have defined. You can do this optional step in conjunction with inclusions. For full details, see Refining Your Scope with Exclusions .

To explicitly exclude objects from your selected scope
1
Click Add.
- OR-
If you have a text file containing the computers to be selected, click Import and follow the steps as outlined in Importing Computers to Your Scopes .
2
Expand the treeview to locate the object you want to exclude.
You can press Ctrl to select multiple objects.
3
Click Exclude. 

Computer Discovery: Decide what to collect from any computer in the discovery

You can collect a variety of information from the computers in your discovery. The computer attributes (such as operating system details) are always collected.

The following table outlines the additional information that can be collected. Collecting additional information impacts discovery performance. Options with a high performance cost will slow discovery performance more than options with a medium or low performance cost.

 

Table 10. Computer Discovery: Optionally collect information for the following objects
Option
Notes
Performance Cost

Printers

 

Low

Shares
NOTE: If you want to collect printer shares, you must enable both the Printers and the Shares check box.

High

Volumes

 

Medium

Accounts (Users and Groups)
NOTE: Accounts are not collected from domain controllers, as they are domain accounts associated with the computer, not computer accounts.

Medium

Installed Software

 

Medium

Microsoft Store Applications

 

Medium

Hotfixes

 

High

Policies

 

Medium

Services

 

High

Event Log Configuration
NOTE: Permissions are automatically collected where applicable. You can collect the members of any groups found during this collection by enabling the Collect group members check box.

 

Extended WMI Entities

 

High

Choosing Your Exchange Scopes

Exchange® scopes determine what information will be collected when you run the discovery. There are several steps you should take to properly design your discovery.

See also:

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Exchange Discovery: Include Scopes
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Exchange Discovery: Optionally refine your scope list with exclusions
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Exchange Discovery: Decide what to collect from any server in the discovery
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