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Asset Inventory Service (AIS) provides a comprehensive view of the software installed on client computers in your enterprise. It helps reduce the total cost of managing software by providing a categorized software inventory and by translating the inventory data into useful, actionable information.

AIS is a core component of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance, a suite of advanced technologies to improve desktop manageability and security, and decrease total cost of ownership (TCO).

You can now get detailed hardware information on the computers in your inventory.  AIS 2.0 will show you the amount of physical memory, processor speed, logical disk size and free space, network adapter information, and more.

Support for tracking of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) applications. If you use App-V on your computers, AIS 2.0 can read into the application virtualization cache and add this software to your inventory

Software reports now aggregate the products by major and minor versions in order to make reports easier to read and still giving you the accuracy you need.

Links to AIS information:

• AIS 2.0 Overview Video
• AIS 2.0 Online Help (Beta)
• System Center Online Services Support Page
• MDOP Blog