Operating Systems report
The Operating Systems report includes information about the operating systems installed on devices with an active Secure Endpoint Agent.
On the Reports page, you can access this report from Absolute view or the Device category. You can also access it from the Operating Systems widget on the Dashboard.
For information about the Windows SMBv3 Vulnerability report, go here.
Supported platforms
The Operating Systems report applies to all supported devices.
Default filters
By default, the following filter is used to generate this report:
Agent status is Active
Information included on the report
The Operating Systems report includes a default collection of device information organized in the following columns:
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Column |
Description |
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Device name |
Device name, which includes the device's device name The name assigned to the device in the operating system. For Chromebooks, device name is not applicable and therefore shows as "Chrome" in the Secure Endpoint Console. and serial number The identification number assigned to the device by the device manufacturer. For Windows devices, this value may correspond to the serial number of the BIOS, the motherboard, or the chassis, depending on the manufacturer. To view the device's Device Details page, click the linked device name. |
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Name |
Name and version of the operating system |
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Version |
Version of the operating system |
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Release ID |
The 4 digit code (YYMM) representing the release date of the operating system version |
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Platform Type |
Name of the device platform, such as Windows or Mac |
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Last connected |
Date and time when the Secure Endpoint Agent on the device last checked in to the Absolute Monitoring Center. |
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Username |
Username of the user who was logged in to the device when an agent connection occurred. If no user was logged in during the most recent agent connection, the last detected username shows. |
You can use most of the device information as search criteria to search for a device, or a group of devices. You can also include other device information in the report, such as custom fields, by adding more columns. To refresh the report's data, click 
in the page footer.
If No Data shows in a column, the information was not detected on the device.
Sorting report information
By default, the report data is sorted by the Device name column, in ascending order. You can change the sort order by clicking a column heading.
Working with the report
You can perform the following tasks on the Operating Systems report:
- Open and view the report
- Adjust the columns on the report
- Add or remove filters
- Export the report
- Email the report on a set schedule
- Favorite the report
- Save changes to report filters and columns to create a custom view or a new report
Working with devices in the report
Depending on the Absolute licenses associated with your account, and your user role, you may be able to perform some or all of the following tasks on the devices in this report:
- Search for and view individual devices in the report
- View the location of your devices
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Request any of the following actions on one or more devices:
Windows SMBv3 Vulnerability report
The Windows SMBv3 Vulnerability report is a filtered version of the Operating Systems report. You can use this report in conjunction with the Enable or Disable SMBv3 Compression script to protect your devices from a Windows security vulnerability.
On March 12th, 2020, Microsoft released a patch for a security vulnerability related to the remote execution of Microsoft Server Message Block v3 (SMBv3). The vulnerability affects Windows 10 release IDs 1903 and 1909. To mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability until you can successfully deploy the patch to your affected devices, it's best practice to run the Enable or Disable SMBv3 Compression script on all devices in the Windows SMBv3 Vulnerability report.
To run the script on your affected Windows devices:
- On the navigation bar, click
Reports. -
In the page's Search Reports field, enter the name of the report. The report list updates dynamically as you type.
Alternatively, if you want to find the report by first filtering the report list, click the view or report category associated with the report.
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Click Windows SMBv3 Vulnerability to open the report.
The report is filtered to show only those devices that meet the following filter criteria:
- Agent status is Active and
- OS release ID (numeric) is 1903 or 1909 and
- OS update build revision (numeric) is less than 720 and
- Platform type is Windows
- Select all devices in the report by selecting the check box next to Device name.
- Click Run Script. For more information, see Running scripts.
- In the Search field, enter SMBv3 and then select Enable or Disable SMBv3 Compression.
- Under Set Script Configurations, enter Disable in the EnableDisable field.
- Click Run Script.
The Script request is submitted. To track the progress of your request, see Action History.
After you have successfully deployed the Windows patch to your devices to fix this security vulnerability, you can enable SMBv3 compression by running the Enable or Disable SMBv3 Compression script again. This time, enter Enable in the EnableDisable field.
