Computer Inventory Collection Settings

Computers can submit many types of inventory information to Jamf Pro. Basic inventory information—such as hardware, operating system, user and location information, storage, and applications—is collected automatically.

The Computer Inventory Collection settings in Jamf Pro allow you to collect the following additional items:

• Local user accounts, with the option to include home directory sizes and hidden system accounts

• Printers

• Active services

• Last backup date/time for managed mobile devices that are synced to computers

• Collect user and location from a directory service (only available if a directory service is set up in LDAP Servers or Cloud Identity Providers in Jamf Pro).

• Package receipts

• Available software updates

• Application usage information

• Fonts

• Plug-ins

• iBeacon regions

For descriptions of the information collected for each of these items, as well as information on the items that are collected automatically, see Computer Inventory and Criteria Reference.

You can also use the Computer Inventory Collection settings to do the following:

• Prevent Jamf Pro from collecting unmanaged certificates.

• Specify custom search paths to use when collecting applications, fonts, and plug-ins.

• Monitor iBeacon regions so that computers submit information to Jamf Pro when they enter or exit a region.