Inventory Collector Technical Reference

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Vista

The Inventory Collector enables you to examine each of your organization's computers, identifying the installed applications, devices, and system information, in order to collect a complete catalog of information. After the data has been collected, you can review all of the information from within the Analyze screen of the Application Compatibility Manager.

In This Section

Topic Name	Description
What is the Inventory Collector?	Includes detailed information about the benefits of using the Inventory Collector, some of its common usage scenarios, its dependencies, and its related technologies.
How the Inventory Collector Works	Includes detailed information about the terminology used with the Inventory Collector, the methods by which the collector gathers and processes your compatibility data, and the type of information that is captured in the log file.

See Also

Concepts

Compatibility Evaluators Technical Reference
Phase 1: Collecting Your Compatibility Data
Phase 2: Analyzing Your Compatibility Data