I have a few collections, but not all PC's in those collections are listed in "All Desktop and Server Clients".

Question

I have a few collections, but not all PC's in those collections are listed in "All Desktop and Server Clients". Does anyone happen to know the reason for this? It should have at least the same number of clients as the largest collection.
Thanks,
James
James A+, Network+, MCP

Answer 1

Hi James,
The All Desktops and Server collection only contains devices that show client=yes.
Meaning the Configuration Manager client is installed on those devices.
This WQL query will give you a collection of all devices that do not have the client installed.
select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where (SMS_R_System.Client is null or SMS_R_System.Client = 0) and SMS_R_System.Name != 'Unknown'
Another handy collection is all clients that are inactive (No communication for the default 7+ days)
select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_CH_ClientSummary on SMS_G_System_CH_ClientSummary.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_CH_ClientSummary.ClientActiveStatus = 0
I normally create both and then a third collection of all devices and exclude the above two which should show you all healthy devices.
Have a look at the ccmsetup.log file on the client if it has attempted to install the ConfigMgr client but failed.