On-Demand Audit

Using the On-Demand Audit, you can remotely audit Windows, Mac, and Linux workstations and servers on the internal network for up-to-the-minute hardware and software information. There is no need to deploy the inventory agent or make any configuration changes on remote computers. The audit is carried out in real time, and the snapshots are delivered directly to the central repository.

Other Audit Methods

Alloy Discovery enables you to implement agent-based audit for computers on external networks via login scripts, group policy, and scheduled tasks. Standalone computers can be audited using the portable audit method.

SNMP Discovery

Alloy Discovery detects and identifies networked printers, scanners, switches, hubs, routers, and other devices via SNMP and reports on key information, such as make, model and serial number.

Administrative Alerts

Alloy Discovery can notify administrators and technicians via e-mail of a number of customizable hardware and software conditions, including declining free disk space, installations or un-installations of software products, removal of a hardware module, modifications of system settings, and more.

SQL Database

Alloy Discovery 6 offers increased performance and scalability for enterprise data through the integration with Microsoft SQL Server. With the open database architecture, you can integrate with third party tools with ease.

User-Defined Fields

Using user-defined fields you can maintain custom information about computers and devices in your inventory. For example, user-defined fields can be used to track the physical location, vendor/support information, your notes, etc.

Unicode Support

Alloy Discovery implements Unicode support for entering, capturing, and displaying data using national characters.

Data Analysis

Flexible data filtering, grouping, and sorting enables you to conveniently analyze your inventory data. With the point-and-click interface of the advanced filter you can create complex filtering criteria to achieve the desired level of detail.

Reporting and Charting

Alloy Discovery integrates with Crystal Reports, the de facto standard in reporting, to deliver a rich set of standard reports and charts for general use. The open architecture of Alloy Discovery’s database allows you to customize any standard report, or create new reports from scratch.

External Tools

Alloy Discovery easily integrates with external tools and utilities, which allows you to efficiently diagnose, manage and control computers, servers, and various devices on your network. Alloy Discovery includes an array of external tool profiles pre-configured and ready for use. Right out of the box, you can ping, open the Computer Management console, or initiate a remote management session with any computer in your inventory.

Snapshot Pruning

The configurable pruning feature automatically cleans the Computer List of redundant information resulting from computers no longer being audited.

Data Export

Alloy Discovery can export all the details of your audit snapshots to XML. You can then easily import the XML format into all types of databases, or integrate it with third-party tools. You can also export audit data in HTML, CSV, or Excel formats.

Quick and Flexible Deployment

Alloy Discovery offers multiple configuration options for its audit agents to support a wide array of deployment scenarios:

• single and multi-domain networks
• workgroup networks
• external and isolated networks (DMZ)
• standalone computers