You and your team may manage multiple computers and perhaps in many locations.  Quite often whoever fills the IT role is expected to know each machine by name and category and to be able to provide per-department IT costing and inventory information.  If your network has more than about 20 machines, managing those machines can become very difficult.  IT professionals faced with the challenges of tracking IT resources would benefit from a complete hardware inventory and software inventory of the servers, workstations, and mobile computers on every network.

Unfortunately, many IT professionals end up having one system for inventory, another remote access, or even a separate system just for chassis or serial number tracking.  Kaseya's Audit and Inventory is a core feature of Kaseya's IT Automation Framework.  With our Audit and Inventory, knowing and tracking every system and software detail becomes simple, efficient, and reliable no matter where the machines you need to manage are located. 

Kaseya Audit and Inventory provides comprehensive hardware and software inventory delivered right to your fingertips automatically.  With agents deployed there is no impact on users, no downtime and no need to touch the device to know what it is and what it is running.

Automatic Baseline Audits

Immediately after the agent is installed the baseline audit kicks off giving you a known configuration for every machine in your computer inventory.  From this baseline you can track hardware and software changes throughout your enterprise.  Imagine knowing at any given time exactly what hardware is attached each system.  Did you notice that the new guy hooked up a USB drive to a domain controller?  With a solid baseline you can now track the changes.

Version Control

Supporting multiple versions of applications can be very difficult and very expensive.  Using Kaseya's Audit you can now know with just a few clicks what versions of individual applications are installed and where.  Does your client have an app that requires a specific version of .NET Framework?  Knowing details like this is simple with our fast and comprehensive Audit and Inventory.

Good Data Empowers Good Decision Making

Having good data at your fingertips means that you can make better decisions, give better answers, and have a better understanding of the current state of your endpoints.  There are a lot of ways to gather machine data, but is it the right data.  Kaseya's Audit can grab every piece of useful data from your managed machines.  You can even define your own fields to track so that you don't have to worry about missing a key data point. 

Having comprehensive data allows you to:

• Close security holes
• Reduce interoperability issues
• Examine hardware/software policy issues
• Inventory computers without interrupting the user

Framework

The core sets of functions performed by the Kaseya framework are: deployment, configuration, execution, update, logging, reporting, monitoring and remediation.  These functions are part of the core tasks an IT professional performs on a daily basis. Because the computer inventory and audit module is built on this core framework, it is possible to:

• Discover, install, and audit new systems that enter the network
• Deploy system configuration templates and standards
• Log any hardware, software, or system changes
• Be alerted when changes are made to individual systems
• Report on current hardware and software statistics

Agent based

The agent-based architecture of Kaseya adds greater value than domain-bound technology. Domain-based and so-called agent-less technologies are useful in a single network where all resources are directly visible on the corporate LAN/WAN.  Kaseya's technology is lightweight and forms its own, completely secure TCP connection with the server; without the need for address management, implementation of port mapping schemes at each site or the establishment of cumbersome VPNs to all the sites. 

Agent based computer inventory software opens the doors for:

• Realtime access to computer information independent of location or online status
• Exhaustive audit detail that just may show you more than you want to see
• The ability to append your own fields for customized tracking purposes

Automation

IT automation is the key for transitioning from a reactive environment to a proactive, results based IT service delivery model. Kaseya provides unparalleled automation of periodic IT tasks required to manage and maintain systems and devices.

If good data drives good decisions, then having a tool that allows you to automate the process of running regular audits to collect the data is imperative.  With Audit, you can schedule machine audits in any way that you see fit.  With clear status reporting you can see when the last audit was completed, when the next one is scheduled, and when you last did a baseline audit for your machines. 
Find everything in one place

With Kaseya's centralized inventory repository all the data is stored on the server so when you need the details you don't have to wait for the endpoint. 

• View complete computer summary on one screen
• Pinpoint failures by manufacturer and model
• Review changes against the baseline
• Reports you want, right away

Reporting for the most common machine data is built right in to Kaseya's Audit feature.  No report configuration required, no separate app, or web page to load.  It's right there.  Of course Kaseya's Info Center has a deep reporting feature set that allows for:

• User defined reports
• Scheduling
• E-mail notification
• Export to HTML, Excel or Word

COMPONENTS

Hardware Inventory

From the System Info section of audit you can see every detail of a single computer in one page. 
Details include:

• Manufacturer
• Serial Numbers or Service Tags with links to warranty status pages of major manufacturers.
• System Model
• System Version
• Bus speed
• Memory installed, slots
• Max Memory Size and Slots
• Chassis type
• Motherboard maker, version, serial
• Processor family, maker, max speed, current speed
• Onboard Device listings
• Ports (number, type)

Software Inventory

When you select "Installed Apps" under View Group Data, and then choose an agent, you can see every piece of software installed on that agent, software details include:

• Application executable name
• Description
• Version
• Manufacturer
• Product Name
• Directory Path
• File Size
• Last Modified date

As part of Kaseya's baseline Audit we can grab the contents of the users  "Add/Remove Programs" list.  Simlilarly, by choosing SW Licenses, a list of detected software licenses is presented with duplicate licenses showing up in red. 

Sometimes simply knowing the specific version of the OS installed can be the key to delivering excellent support to your end users.  From the Name/OS selection, you as an admin can see:

• Machine and Group ID
• Computer Netbios Name
• Operating System Name
• Operating System Version

System Inventory

Certain data is valuable to see at a glance through groups or even all agents, so right from this pane you can see agregated views of:

• IP Information
• DNS/DHCP server information
• Disk Volume Information including drive letters, space available, volume labels.
• PCI and Drive hardware information include models, and user editable notes for each device
• CPU and RAM information with specifics on CPU speeds, models, number, and ram installed.
• Printer information from the the currently logged on user at the time of audit with Name, Port, and Model