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Version 9.0 (AppSource Version 1015)

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BI for SCCM Version 9.0, shown as version 1015 in AppSource, was released on February 20, 2023. Please note that this version contains some changes to the data model that will likely cause certain visualizations to be broken after the upgrade. Please refer to the “Repair Broken Visuals” page in our documentation to learn how to fix these. Below are the changes in version 9.0.
  • Features:
    • New “Client Connectivity” page
  • Enhancements:
    • Update to the “Summary” Page:
      • Now Includes Win 10 and Win 11 in OS Release visual. Previously only Win 10 was included.
    • Update to the “Updates Compliance” page:
      • Added a hyperlink to “Article ID” column. Links directly to the Microsoft documentation for the specific Article ID.
    • Update to the User Info page:
      • Replaced the “User Group” field with the new “Group Memberships” field.
      • Added the “OU” field.
    • Update to the Device Info page:
      • Added the “Computer Group” field.
  • Data Model Changes:
    • New category “CM Client Connectivity” added to the data model. Fields in the new category are:
      • “Access MP”
      • “Client HTTP”
      • “Client Internet”
      • “Client Intranet”
      • “Client Offline”
      • “Client Online”
      • “Client TCP”
      • “Cloud Management Gateway”
      • “Connection Type”
      • “Intranet Management Point”
      • “Management Point Type”
      • “Offline”
      • “Offline (Days)”
      • “Online”
      • “Online (Days)”
      • “Online Status”
      • “Protocol”
      • Added the following new fields to the “Computer” category:
      • “Computer Group””
      • “OS Type”
      • “Server Count”
      • “Workstation Count”
      • “Virtual Count”
      • “Physical Count”
    • Updates to fields in the “CM Client Health” category:
      • Renamed “Last Active Time” to “Active”
      • Renamed “Last Active Time (Days)” to “Active (Days)”
    • Update fields in the “User” category:
      • Replaced the “User Group” field with the new “Group Memberships” field. (Note: This might break User Info page in custom reports.)
    • Updated fields in the “Computer” category:
      • Renamed the “Computer Local Admin Group” field to “Computer Local Admin Groups” (Note:This might break Device Info page in custom reports.)
    • New category “CM Client Boundary Groups” added to the data model. With the following new field:
      • “Boundary Group”
  • Bug Fixes:
    • N/A.

The New "Client Connectivity" Page

The new “Client Connectivity” page was designed for the purpose of helping our customers understand where clients are downloading content from. This can be useful for several reason. Of course, we already want clients to get content from the nearest distribution point. This page makes it really easy to spot misconfigured boundaries that cause clients to get content from a distribution point that is not near to them. Another use case would be to spot clients on the intranet that are downloading content from a cloud distribution point. However, my favorite use case for this new page is to easily identify how much content is being downloaded from peers. This information might help our customers reduce the size, cost, and complexity of their ConfigMgr environments.