IT asset discovery with no new agent
OVERVIEW
What is IT asset discovery?
IT asset discovery is finding everything connected to your environment, including what nobody enrolled. MDM sees the laptops that were set up through it. It does not see the printer on the third floor, the unknown device on an office subnet, or the monitor, dock and keyboard on every desk.
Harmony starts from your MDM. Connect Jamf, Microsoft Intune, Kandji, JumpCloud or another MDM and every managed device syncs into the inventory. A discovery script, deployed through the same MDM, then runs an ARP scan of each managed endpoint's local subnet and reports what answers: IP address, MAC address, vendor and, where available, model. No appliance is required, only one managed Windows or macOS endpoint per network segment.
On Windows, native PowerShell and WMI plus EDID data from displays identify USB devices, Bluetooth peripherals and monitors by make and model, with no additional agent. Discovery policies decide what lands in the inventory, by vendor and model or by network, using CIDR subnets and Wi-Fi SSIDs. For the manual version of the job, see how to find unmanaged devices.
CAPABILITIES
See what nobody enrolled
MDM sync
Connect an MDM and every enrolled device lands in the inventory automatically.
Network discovery
An ARP scan of each managed endpoint's subnet finds IP, MAC, vendor and model, with no appliance to deploy.
Peripheral discovery
USB devices, Bluetooth peripherals and displays identified on Windows through PowerShell, WMI and EDID data.
Exact models
65 Logitech Bluetooth models resolved to their product name, and displays to their make and model.
Discovery policies
Vendor and model rules, plus network rules by CIDR subnet or Wi-Fi SSID.
Custom scripts
Your own MDM scripts can post results to Harmony over HTTPS with an access key, validated on Kandji and JumpCloud.
Unmanaged at a glance
Discovered assets show as not managed in the inventory, next to the devices your MDM reports.
HOW IT WORKS
How asset discovery works
A device joins the network, a monitor is plugged in, or an endpoint stops reporting.
- 1
Connect your MDM
Managed devices sync into the inventory as soon as the MDM is connected.
- 2
Deploy the discovery script
Push the discovery script from Asset Management to your managed endpoints through the MDM.
- 3
Find what isn't managed
Each endpoint scans its local subnet and reports its peripherals and displays, and new finds land in the inventory as not managed.
- 4
Assign or act
Agents look for devices with no owner, missing EDR and devices that stopped reporting, and route them to the right team.
An inventory that includes what nobody enrolled.
Kith connected its estate in 25 minutes
Kith, a retailer with close to 1,000 employees and about 20 stores, wanted asset management across ManageEngine, Kandji and Apple Business Manager in the same place as its service desk. Google SSO, Slack, ManageEngine, Apple Business Manager and Freshservice were connected in about 25 minutes on the kickoff call, and Kandji followed.
“All the things I asked for that were missing, this is exactly it. For the stores, it's paradise.”
RELATED INTEGRATIONS
Discovery through the tools you already run
FAQ
Finding every device and peripheral connected to your environment, including the ones nobody enrolled, and adding them to the asset inventory with enough detail to act on.
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