Learn about the benefits and components of Lansweeper Discovery and how it differs from on-premises scanning.
Lansweeper Discovery is an all-in-one asset discovery solution that identifies IT, OT, and cloud assets and catalogues them into a single inventory. This streamlines asset and user management, allowing you to manage your entire asset inventory through Lansweeper Sites.
On this page:
- Benefits
- What’s included in Lansweeper Discovery
- Lansweeper Discovery vs. Lansweeper On-premises scanning
- Feedback and questions
Benefits
- Comprehensive discovery: Gain insights into your network by discovering all IT, OT, and cloud assets, as well as expanded data such as fingerprints, open ports, and Mac users.
- Enhanced control: Control when and where your assets are scanned, providing greater flexibility and management over your discovery processes.
- Future-proofed: Use lighter, more secure discovery sources that accommodate both cloud and on-premises environments.
- Usability: Download Lansweeper Discovery on Windows, Linux, or Mac. Enjoy automatic updates and reduced maintenance time.
What’s included in Lansweeper Discovery
Lansweeper Discovery comprises three discovery systems, each with unique capabilities and features.
Each discovery system shares similar configuration components, which you can learn more about in Discovery configuration.
Network Discovery (IT & OT Sensor)
Discover your network's IT and OT assets and view them in a single inventory.
IT Agent Discovery
Discover comprehensive data on your local devices using a lightweight scanning agent.
Cloud Discovery
Identify and catalogue all assets within your cloud infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage buckets, databases, and more.
While Cloud Discovery is in preview, your cloud assets do not count towards your asset limit.
Lansweeper Discovery vs. Lansweeper On-premises scanning
Lansweeper On-premises scanning consists of LsAgent, LsPush, and the OT scanner and requires a Lansweeper On-premises installation. Lansweeper Discovery is fully supported by Lansweeper Sites and does not require an on-prem installation.
| Lansweeper Discovery scanning | Lansweeper On-premises scanning | |
| Asset reach | All IT and OT | Separate IT and OT executables |
| Required setup time | Minutes | Hours |
| Auto updates | Yes | No |
| Integration with 3rd party vault credentials | Coming soon | No |
| Installation | Linux, Mac, and Windows | Windows |
| Dev platform | .NET Core | .NET Framework |
| Requires SQL Database | No | Yes |
| Asset data | Expanded: Includes Fingerprints, Open Ports, Mac users | Default data |
Keep in mind that using both Lansweeper Discovery scanning and Lansweeper On-premises scanning may cause duplicate assets to appear in your site. This issue will be resolved by GA.
In the meantime:
- Use a second site to test Lansweeper Discovery.
- Manually resolve duplications by going to Inventory > Duplicate conflicts.
Feedback and questions
Want to give feedback or ask questions? Email preview@lansweeper.com!
