Lansweeper offers a variety of methods to scan your network, most of which can be configured in the Scanning\Scanning Targets section of the web console. You can use one or more of these methods for scanning, depending on your personal needs and preferences.
The overview below lists the various scanning methods that are available and some basic properties of each. This can help you make an informed decision on which method(s) to use. You can click through to a specific scanning method to see its respective knowledge base article, where the method is explained in more detail.
| Scanning method | Scans Windows computers | Scans Linux, Unix, Mac computers | Scans devices (printers, switches...) and ESX(i) | Scanning schedule | Scans new assets not yet in database | Agentless |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Directory Computer Path | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | fixed | ✔ | ✔ |
| Active Directory Domain | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | dynamic | ✔ | ✔ |
| Active Directory Path (Eventlog only) | event log data only | ✘ | ✘ | interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Active Directory User/Group Path | AD users and groups only | ✘ | ✘ | fixed | AD users and groups only | ✔ |
| AirWatch (introduced in Lansweeper 7.2) | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ mobile devices: Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Windows Phone | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Asset Group | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | fixed or interval | ✘ | ✔ |
| Asset Type | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | fixed or interval | ✘ | ✔ |
| AWS Region (introduced in Lansweeper 7.1) | ✔ cloud hosted | ✔ cloud hosted | ✘ | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Azure (introduced in Lansweeper 7.1) | ✔ cloud hosted | ✔ cloud hosted | ✘ | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chrome OS (introduced in Lansweeper 7.2) | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ Chrome OS devices | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Intune (introduced in Lansweeper 7.1) | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ mobile devices: Android, iOS, Windows Phone | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| IP Range | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Office 365 (introduced in Lansweeper 7.1) | Office 365 data only | ✘ | ✘ | fixed or interval | Office 365 data only | ✔ |
| Report | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | fixed or interval | ✘ | ✔ |
| SCCM (introduced in Lansweeper 7.2) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ (but no assets created) | fixed or interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Windows Computer | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | fixed | ✔ | ✔ |
| Windows Computer (Eventlog only) | event log data only | ✘ | ✘ | interval | ✔ | ✔ |
| Workgroup | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | dynamic | ✔ | ✔ |
| Batch Scanning | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Rescan buttons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| LsAgent (introduced in Lansweeper 7.0) | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | custom | ✔ | ✘ |
| LsPush | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | custom | ✔ | ✘ |
| LsClient (discontinued) | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | custom | ✔ | ✘ (but not a true agent) |