Inventory of Software Needed on Domain

[Trooper]

Hi folks,

I need to run a scan on my domain to see specifically, what versions of Outlook folks are running on there machines. I am at a central location, but need to scan about 31 different subnets. If it picks up other software etc that is fine, however I just need (right now) to see Outlook versions being run for a project.

Can anyone recommend any software (free or trial preferred) that can do this? I did a quick Google search this morning and found Lansweeper. Do you think this could do the trick or is there something else out there?

I've used Spiceworks in the past but found in cumbersome to setup and the results were not always accurate.

Thanks in advance!

[m00nbl00d]

You could try and research about Windows PowerShell. If you're running Windows Server 2008, I think it offers version 1, and so you'll have to download version 2 from Microsoft's website. Windows Server 2008 R2 already has version 2.

There's a version 3, but it's a RC, so I wouldn't run it on a production system; but, it's pretty stable, though.

You could query the remote computers using WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation). PowerShell works with WMI, .NET Framework...

A quick search gave me this links:

-http://www.powershellpro.com/why-i-no-longer-hate-writing-documentation/614/

-http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.02.windowspowershell.aspx

-https://blogs.technet.com/b/otto/archive/2007/03/04/quick-and-dirty-software-inventory-with-psinfo-and-powershell.aspx?Redirected=true

Anyway, research about it, and see if you can find some script that gets info about some program in remote machines and try to adapt it, or ask for help.

[Trooper]

Hi m00nbl00d thanks.

Not sure if this will work for me as I don't have the time to look at and configure scripts.

Will keep on the hunt though. I am saving your links for future reference however.

Cheers!

[treehouse786]

http://emcosoftware.com/network-inventory

used in the past with good success

[Trooper]

Thanks I had a look at it, but unfortunately the free version will only scan up to 25 hosts.

[whitedragon551]

If you can connect to other computers Nirsoft ProduKey may help. It pulls up versions, product ID, and license information for each computer.

[Trooper]

Originally Posted by whitedragon551

If you can connect to other computers Nirsoft ProduKey may help. It pulls up versions, product ID, and license information for each computer.

Cool. I've bookmarked it for future use. Unfortunately I need to scan over 700 workstations so I won't be able to use this. That is why I'm looking for a network scanning tool.

Thanks for your help.

[treehouse786]

Originally Posted by Trooper

Thanks I had a look at it, but unfortunately the free version will only scan up to 25 hosts.

i remember there being a trial version a year ago or so, maybe you could email them and ask for a trial key?

edit- i think you may have attempted to download a different product to what i was recommending, this is what your looking for, a free trial is available, just select the 'enterprise' version.

[Trooper]

Originally Posted by treehouse786

i remember there being a trial version a year ago or so, maybe you could email them and ask for a trial key?

edit- i think you may have attempted to download a different product to what i was recommending, this is what your looking for, a free trial is available, just select the 'enterprise' version.

I did download and select the Enterprise version. It was limited to 25 hosts.

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by Trooper

Hi m00nbl00d thanks.

Not sure if this will work for me as I don't have the time to look at and configure scripts.

Will keep on the hunt though. I am saving your links for future reference however.

Cheers!

You're welcome. But, whenever time allows you, I'd learn PowerShell. It's really powerful, and it would allow you to do what you want to do.. and a LOT more!

[Trooper]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

You're welcome. But, whenever time allows you, I'd learn PowerShell. It's really powerful, and it would allow you to do what you want to do.. and a LOT more!

I hear you. I am just under time constraints at the moment to get this done. Thanks!