Microsoft Defender for IoT
Identity protectionVerify and Update Detected Device Inventory
In brief
The page received updated metadata and wording, a new sentence introducing the device-inventory viewing steps, and clearer headings and text for editing individual device properties.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can use the revised structure and wording to find and follow the inventory and device-property guidance more easily.
Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.
Documentation change
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Before performing the procedures in this article, make sure that you have:
An OT sensor with OT sensor software installed
,and configured and activated, with device data detected.Access to your OT sensor as Security Analyst or Admin user. For more information, see On-premises users and roles for OT monitoring with Defender for IoT.
View the device inventory on your OT sensor
To view the device inventory on your OT sensor, perform the following steps:
Sign into your OT sensor and select the Device inventory page.
Select Edit Columns to make changes to the grid layout and display more data fields for reviewing the data detected for each device.
Review the devices listed in the device inventory, and identify the devices whose device properties must be edited.
Edit device properties per devicefor individual devices
For each device where you need to edit device properties:
Enhance device data (optional)
You might want to increase device visibility and enhance device data with more details than the default device data detected.detected by the OT sensor.
- To increase device visibility to Windows-based devices, use the Defender for IoT Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tool.
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ ----title: Verify and update detected device inventory - Microsoft Defender for IoT+title: Verify and Update Detected Device Inventory description: Learn how to fine-tune your newly detected device inventory on an OT sensor, such as updating device types and properties, merging devices as needed, and more.-ms.date: 06/12/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to-ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: sfi-image-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1016 ai-usage: ai-assisted --- @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This article is one in a series of articles describing the [OT monitoring deploy Before performing the procedures in this article, make sure that you have: -- An OT sensor with [OT sensor software installed](install-software-ot-sensor.md), [configured, and activated](activate-deploy-sensor.md), with device data detected.+- An OT sensor with [OT sensor software installed](install-software-ot-sensor.md) and [configured and activated](activate-deploy-sensor.md), with device data detected. - Access to your OT sensor as **Security Analyst** or **Admin** user. For more information, see [On-premises users and roles for OT monitoring with Defender for IoT](../roles-on-premises.md). @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Verifying and updating the device inventory is performed by your deployment team ## View the device inventory on your OT sensor +To view the device inventory on your OT sensor, perform the following steps:+ 1. Sign into your OT sensor and select the **Device inventory** page. 1. Select **Edit Columns** to make changes to the grid layout and display more data fields for reviewing the data detected for each device.@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ Verifying and updating the device inventory is performed by your deployment team 1. Review the devices listed in the device inventory, and identify the devices whose device properties must be edited. -## Edit device properties per device+<a name="edit-device-properties-per-device"></a>+## Edit properties for individual devices For each device where you need to edit device properties: @@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ For each device where you need to edit device properties: ## Enhance device data (optional) -You might want to increase device visibility and enhance device data with more details than the default data detected.+You might want to increase device visibility and enhance device data with more details than the default device data detected by the OT sensor. - To increase device visibility to Windows-based devices, use the Defender for IoT [Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tool](../detect-windows-endpoints-script.md).