Collecting Compatibility Data
The ACT enables you to collect an inventory of all installed software, hardware, and devices within your organization. Additionally, the ACT provides compatibility evaluators, which you will use in your DCPs for deployment to your client computers. Compatibility evaluators are run-time detection tools designed to log behaviors as they occur on the user’s computer and locate potential compatibility issues.
The ACT collects data according to the following workflow:
You create a new DCP by using the ACM. Each DCP can contain one or more compatibility evaluators, including the Inventory Collector.
You deploy the DCPs to your identified subset of client computers using System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Group Policy, ...
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