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The future of IT management is built on data and having visibility across endpoints. With the upcoming release of Device Inventory in Microsoft Intune at the end of the month, what device data will you be able to access? How can you retrieve real-time information from devices to troubleshoot incidents effectively? Let's explore these topics together!

In this Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) we invite you to ask your burning questions about the highly anticipated Device Inventory feature for Windows devices in Microsoft Intune. Curious about real-time device querying with Advanced Analytics? This is your chance to dive into the specific capabilities, learn best practices, and discover valuable troubleshooting tips. Join us, and get your questions answered directly by the product and engineering teams behind Device Inventory and device query features.

 
Heather_Poulsen
Updated May 14, 2025
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  • Dahveed's avatar
    Dahveed
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    Oct 01, 2024
    What licensing is required for Resource Explorer in intune? Intune Plan 1?
  • VaishnavK1993's avatar
    VaishnavK1993
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    Oct 01, 2024
    Currently, only a few attributes have been announced (Disk, CPU, System, Bitloker, etc.). What and all new attributes will be available soon?
  • ercgoodman's avatar
    ercgoodman
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    Oct 01, 2024
    Are there any plans to be able to query & inventory registry keys?
  • VaradharajanG's avatar
    VaradharajanG
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    Oct 01, 2024
    Is Graph API available to collect specific information from resource explorer for all devices?
    • Abby_Starr's avatar
      Abby_Starr
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      Oct 04, 2024
      Hey Gowri-- Graph API support will not be included with the initial release of the feature. We're looking into possible integrations in the future with Microsoft Fabric, and we're still considering other export methods.
    • Abby_Starr's avatar
      Abby_Starr
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      Oct 04, 2024
      Hi Rich-- no, this feature is not the same as Device Query. However, setting up this feature will soon be a prerequisite for multi device queries. Device query allows the admin to use Kusto query language to programmatically ask for information about their devices. Inventory will regularly collect info on a scheduled cadence, no querying required.
    • Abby_Starr's avatar
      Abby_Starr
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      Oct 04, 2024
      Hey Satesh-- log analytics is probably sitll your best bet for this type of scenario.
  • ankurlad's avatar
    ankurlad
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    Oct 01, 2024
    As part of inventory, Is there a way to identify device type i.e. laptop, desktop, tablet, etc. THis will allow us to sync it with our ITSM tool.
    • Abby_Starr's avatar
      Abby_Starr
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      Oct 04, 2024
      Hi Ankur-- yes! Chassis Type will be a supported value on initial release.
  • Heather_Poulsen's avatar
    Heather_Poulsen
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    Oct 01, 2024

    Welcome to the Intune device inventory and analytics AMA at Tech Community Live: Microsoft Intune edition. Let's get started! Please post your questions here in the Comments. We’ll be here until 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time! We will be answering questions in the live stream—and others will be answering here in the Comments.

    • Abby_Starr's avatar
      Abby_Starr
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      Oct 04, 2024

      Hey Damien! Your question was answered on the call-- Resource Explorer doesn't show live data, because live data isn't always needed for every device inventory property. For live data on Windows devices, you can use single device query.