Completely unknown... Are those Windows 7 or better? Is there "anything" in the local Win7 logs that note when a box is on or offline the corporate network (I'm just asking, I have no idea). If you can find an indicator...then maybe you can do something similar to this:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/f3c75696-e10f-4675-b7ec-a0077be6c592/collecting-windows-7-event-log-data-in-sccm-2007?forum=configmgrinventory Sherry Kissinger On Friday, August 1, 2014 3:02 PM, "Beardsley, James" <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I may end up reporting on the use of the Cisco VPN client but I mentioned it wouldn’t be 100% accurate because we have a Citrix environment that they can access without a VPN connection. I guess I could write a script that pings the SCCM server at startup and if it can’t ping it, it keeps a record of that. Then inventory that with SCCM. Hmm… From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nash Pherson Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: Client Location History You can use the historical network information from hardware inventory to help determine this. You would have to set hardware inventory to update more than once per day – something like every 8 hours would be adequate. And then you would want to tune your maintenance rule to hold on to historical inventory information as long as you need to make your decision. Because it only stores the inventory deltas, this isn’t always a huge hit on disk usage percentage wise. If you never see it report an inventory from the IP range given to your VPN, then it isn’t leaving the office (or if it is, you could argue it isn’t likely being used for work). This works much better if you have something like Direct Access deployed so you always know when they leave the office and have a network connection. But, with the Cisco VPN, you should be able to get close enough to at least identify likely candidates for desktops instead of laptops. I hope that helps, Nash Nash Pherson Microsoft MVP, Enterprise Client Managment Senior Systems Consultant Now Micro [email protected] Desk: 651-796-1168 Cell: 507-304-0946 IT/Dev Connections September 15-19, 2014 Midwest Management Summit November 10-12, 2014 From: mailto:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beardsley, James Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] Client Location History Is there any way to determine via SCCM (or AD) who leaves their computer in the office and who takes their computer home? We’re considering changing out some of our laptop users to a desktop, specifically those who don’t ever take their laptop home with them and it stays at their desk year round. Before we approach them with the idea, we’d like some concrete evidence that they haven’t taken their computer home in x weeks/months. I’m trying to think of a way to use SCCM to get that information. I thought about keying off the Cisco VPN client to see how often that was used over the last few months using SWM but that wouldn’t be 100% accurate. Can you think of any way to accomplish this? What about the subnet or the AD Site? Does the database have a historical record of those over several months or is it only what you see in the client properties? Thanks, James Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or dissemination of this transmission, or taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender listed above immediately and permanently delete this message from your inbox. Thank you for your cooperation. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or dissemination of this transmission, or taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender listed above immediately and permanently delete this message from your inbox. Thank you for your cooperation.
