Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point

The Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point communicates with System Center Online Services to retrieve updates to the asset catalog. This catalog contains software families and categories, along with hardware requirements for hundreds of thousands of pieces of software.

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Microsoft does not use the Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point to audit your licenses or validate compliance.

The Asset Intelligence Synchronization Point can also be used to submit metadata from unclassified software packages to Microsoft. The System Center Online team will research and classify the software. Newly classified software will be made available in subsequent catalog updates.

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