Overview

By collecting information about the Microsoft Office and anti-virus software installed on the clients, you can determine which software is installed on the clients. The following explains the general procedure for determining which Microsoft Office and anti-virus software is installed on the clients.

1. Execute a Get software information from client job with the following options to obtain the latest software information from the clients.
   
   • Search for anti-virus products
   • Search for Microsoft Office products
   How information on Microsoft Office and anti-virus products is collected from clients
   (1)The managing server executes a Get software information from client job and sends the search information files for Microsoft Office and anti-virus products to the client.
   (2)The client searches for the products installed on the client computer based on the received search information files for Microsoft Office and anti-virus products.
   (3)The client sends the search results back to the managing server.
   
2. The managing server collects the Microsoft Office and anti-virus products information so that you can determine which product is installed on the clients.

Operating procedure

1. Collect software information from clients.
   
   • For details on how to collect software information, see 3.2.1 Procedure for collecting software information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
2. Use the collected information and determine which Microsoft Office and anti-virus products are installed on the clients.
   
   • For details on starting Inventory Viewer, see 4.1.1 Starting Inventory Viewer in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to use inventory information to count clients, see 4.2.1 Counting procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

Notes

• For notes on collecting system information, see 3.2.3 Notes on collecting software information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.