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Author
29 Nov 2007 1:32 PM
Max
Hi,
As first, we are not IT oriented company. We have only 1 server (DC and DNS)
and our 15 users are using just domain account for loging on their laptops.
Company is growing up to 100 employees.
Idea is find out IT outsourcing company.

I have basic MS knowledge and before we'll give outsourscing job to our
partner, I'd like to do something like folowing:
a) get computers invertory - collect basic computer (hardware)
characteristics (memory and disk size, CPU settings, ....) from central
server
b) find out if our network could server another MS services like Exchange
and SQL. Idea is to check DC and DNS settings and use basic tools to get
global informations about our network. Once when outsourscing company will
insall new services, they will do main checking and maintenance...

Thnx!

Author
29 Nov 2007 2:13 PM
me
Max wrote:
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> Hi,
> As first, we are not IT oriented company. We have only 1 server (DC and DNS)
> and our 15 users are using just domain account for loging on their laptops.
> Company is growing up to 100 employees.
> Idea is find out IT outsourcing company.
>
> I have basic MS knowledge and before we'll give outsourscing job to our
> partner, I'd like to do something like folowing:
> a) get computers invertory - collect basic computer (hardware)
> characteristics (memory and disk size, CPU settings, ....) from central
> server
> b) find out if our network could server another MS services like Exchange
> and SQL. Idea is to check DC and DNS settings and use basic tools to get
> global informations about our network. Once when outsourscing company will
> insall new services, they will do main checking and maintenance...
>
> Thnx!
>
>
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html was a good tool when i used it
last, has to be run on each machine, but you only have 16.
Author
29 Nov 2007 2:36 PM
Leythos
In article <ecXy$woMIHA.5***@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, max@_REMOVE_THIS_
says...
Show quote
> Hi,
> As first, we are not IT oriented company. We have only 1 server (DC and DNS)
> and our 15 users are using just domain account for loging on their laptops.
> Company is growing up to 100 employees.
> Idea is find out IT outsourcing company.
>
> I have basic MS knowledge and before we'll give outsourscing job to our
> partner, I'd like to do something like folowing:
> a) get computers invertory - collect basic computer (hardware)
> characteristics (memory and disk size, CPU settings, ....) from central
> server
> b) find out if our network could server another MS services like Exchange
> and SQL. Idea is to check DC and DNS settings and use basic tools to get
> global informations about our network. Once when outsourscing company will
> insall new services, they will do main checking and maintenance...

belarc has a server application that can be pushed out to all machines
and then central record keeping on the server - it's not cheap, but does
exactly what you ask for.

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Author
29 Nov 2007 8:39 PM
Max
> belarc has a server application that can be pushed out to all machines
> and then central record keeping on the server - it's not cheap, but does
> exactly what you ask for.

Belarc Advisor is nice product. I have written an e-mail to that company
because we're interested in for BelManage. Is it possible to get detailed
reports for scanned multiple computers?

The similar products:
- portable Everest- it must be done like PC-by-PC
- LOGINventory - nice product also but reports are not so fancy and useful.

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