"Hardware" Page of the Patch My PC Advanced/Patch Insights for Intune Dashboard
Applies to: Advanced Insights for Intune
Note
The Hardware page is only available in Advanced Insights for Intune, which requires an Enterprise Premium license.
Enhanced hardware inventory is another significant facet of Advanced Insights for Intune. The Patch My PC (PMPC) Client gathers inventory data across a range of inventory properties to improve visibility and management of your estate.
The Hardware page of Advanced Insights for Intune shows key statistics from your environment and is split into the following sections:
Note
See About Advanced/Patch Insights for Intune Dashboards and Working with Advanced/Patch Insights for Intune Dashboards for more information.
Also, only devices running the Patch My PC (PMPC) Client will appear on this page. See Manage the Patch My PC Client for more details on deploying and managing the PMPC Client.
Tabs
The Tabs control lets you switch between different views of hardware data.
By default, the General tab is selected.
The layout of the views differs depending on the tab you select.
For example, clicking the Network tab shows a mix of Statistics, Charts, and data tables.
As is standard, clicking an item displays more data that you can drill down into or show in a different view.
Statistics
The top row of the Hardware page is called Statistics and displays the following statistics.
Clients deployed
PMPC Clients deployed in your PMPC Cloud Company.
Total external displays
External monitors detected.
Total batteries
Batteries detected.
Total logical drives
Logical drives detected, highlighting the total capacity and usage of each drive.
Clicking any of these statistics opens the device list modal, which contains the following additional information:
Clients deployed
Which devices our Client is deployed to, including:
Computer Name, User Name, Client Version, Manufacturer, and Model.
Total external displays
External monitors attached to your Clients, including:
Computer Name, User Name, Model, Serial Number, Manufacturer, Screen Size, Manufacturer Year, and Connection Type.
Total batteries
Batteries detected in your Clients, including:
Computer Name, User, Name, Battery Name, Serial number, Chemistry, Full charge capacity, Design capacity, Health as a percentage.
Total logical disks
Logical disks configured on your Clients, including:
Computer Name, User Name, Drive, Volume Name, Capacity in gigabytes, Free Space in gigabytes, and Usage as a percentage.
Tip
As is standard, clicking a record in a device list modal allows you to drill down to display more information about the selected record.
Charts
The Charts section of the Hardware page contains the following charts:
Device Specs
Manufacturer of the different devices detected in your environment.
External Displays
Manufacturer of the different external monitors detected in your environment.
Battery Specs
Health of the different batteries detected in your environment.
Logical Drive Space Usage
The percentage of disk space used for the logical drives detected in your environment.
Clicking the action menu (
) for a chart allows you to switch between the following views:
Device Specs
Device Manufacturer (default)
Device Memory
Device Model
External Displays
Display Manufacturer (default)
Display Size
Display Resolution
Display Year
Battery Specs
Battery Health (default)
Battery Chemistry
Note
When you click a segment, the device list modal displays the data only for that segment. Likewise, if you switch to a different view and click a segment of the donut, the device list modal only displays the data for the selected view and that segment.
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