+1 This is what I refer to as "the golden image" scenario. A few years back there was the concept of "the golden image", which was supposed to be for your company, what meant the "gold standard" for what a computer in your company should have on it.
The problem was of course, defining what that meant. Tracking changes, depending upon who you talk to, could mean "anytime Sherry replies to an email" to "we really only care if a box was reimaged". It's up to the-powers-that-be to define what they "mean" by "tracking changes" and then you can propose the god-awful-3rd-party-super-expensive-solution to fulfill that request for them. (at which point, if not sooner, they'll abandon the request, or scale down their requirements). For example, you could implement scom to monitor eventvwr events for every time software is installed or a software update is installed. I can't think of anyone that would actually do that, but in my twisted brain I think that's possible. Expensive, but possible. Sherry Kissinger On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:29 AM, "Marcum, John" <[email protected]> wrote: Impractical request…. From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Schwan, Phil Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Computer Change History Reporting Digging in to the ConfigMgr reporting at the request of a client, and I’m looking to see if there’s a way to generate a report of the specific changes made over time to a particular computer. In particular, I’m looking for software installs and Software Update installs. The AI reports Hardware -10A and Hardware - 10B only give a count of changes made to certain inventory classes, but don’t actually give info on the changes themselves. I’m looking at it from a compliance standpoint where I need to see what changes have been made to a machine during a given period of time. Can anyone point me in the direction of where (if at all) that information is stored in the CM database? Thanks, Phil _________________________________________________________________ Phil Schwan | Technical Architect, Enterprise Windows Services Project Leadership Associates|2000 Town Center, Suite 1900, Southfield, MI 48075 Lync: 312.756.1626 Mobile: 419.262.5133 www.projectleadership.net Lead with Strategy. Leverage Technology. Deliver Results. ________________________________ PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL. This email and any files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail or any of its attachments. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.
