Refreshing Device List

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  Use the "Delete Inactive Client Discovery Data" maintenance task.

  It's explained nicely in this post

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/275a817b-4773-444f-a96a-6766e0c1d6aa/difference-between-delete-aged-discovery-data-and-delete-inactive-client-discovery-data-maintenance?forum=configmanagergeneral

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  • Marked as answer by Testing72 Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:32 PM

  Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:28 PM
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  Thanks. It didn't seem to mention exactly where this setting is, but this person also had the same problem and gave some more detail http://www.david-obrien.net/2014/04/12/configure-client-activity-settings-configmgr/

  Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:32 PM
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  Just to double check, is this definitely the right task to get updated data from the AD?

  Technically it's the AD that has been updated, with old machines being deleted.

  Friday, August 15, 2014 10:59 AM
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  This won't happen overnight. It will take days depending on your configuration.

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  Friday, August 15, 2014 11:12 AM
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  Yes, this particular delete task default is set to 90 days.

  Just double checking if this is the right task?

  It's not so much that I want to delete inactive machines, as ensure that the devices list in CM matches AD i.e. if machines are deleted off AD they are then deleted from the devices list in CM.

  Friday, August 15, 2014 11:13 AM
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  That's the right task. Bear in mind you will not achieve real-time here (if that's what you're after).

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  Friday, August 15, 2014 11:17 AM
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  That's fine. I can set it in a daily basis I guess for relatively quick tidy-ups.

  My worry was it would look for machines that hadn't been turned on (I work in a school, so over the holidays machines aren't turned on for several weeks) and then delete them from CM.

  Friday, August 15, 2014 11:37 AM