Adding additional hardware properties to the device inventory

Open the Microsoft Intune admin center portal and navigate to Devices > Windows > Configuration

1. On the Windows | Configuration page, click Create > New policy

2. On the Create a profile blade, select Windows 10 and later > Properties catalog and click Create

3. On the Basics page, provide at least a unique name to distinguish it from similar profiles and click Next

4. On the Configuration settings page, as shown below in Figure 1, click Add settings to browse through the available properties and to select the properties that should be added to the inventory, and click Next

5. On the Scope tags page, configure the required scope tags and click Next

   

6. On the Assignments page, configure the assignment for the required user or devices and click Next

7. On the Review + create page, verify the configuration and click Create

Note: Keep in mind that an additional agent will be installed on the devices that are part of the policy assignment.

Verifying the applied configuration

When the configuration for the additional hardware inventory properties is in place, it’s good to be familiar with the direct implications of that configuration. Especially, as there will be a new agent installed as part of the applied configuration. That agent will be installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Device Inventory Agent, as shown below in Figure 2. Within that folder will be the sources of the agent itself, including the logs that are generated by the agent. The inventory agent runs as a service named Microsoft Device Inventory Agent (InventoryService) on the Windows device and collects the data – mainly via WMI – locally in the InventoryServiceHarvesterDatabase. Eventually, that data is send to the Intune service.

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