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Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) Discovery

Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), formerly known as AirWatch, is a mobile device management platform. Device42 discovery retrieves data about the devices and apps managed by your Workspace ONE UEM account, keeping your CMDB updated as a central source of truth.

This page covers the items discovered, credential setup, and how to create and schedule a Workspace ONE UEM (WS1) discovery job.

Workspace ONE UEM Discovery Items

Currently, the following data is retrieved:

  • Computers
  • Mobile devices
  • IP and MAC addresses
  • Installed software and applications

Create a Workspace ONE UEM Discovery Job

Before creating the job, create an API key for the user account on the WS1 console.

To create the job in Device42:

  1. Navigate to Discovery > Cloud and click Create at the top right of the Cloud Autodiscovery list page.
  2. Select Workspace One from the Type dropdown.
  3. Provide your account URL and paste your WS1 API key in the Tenant field.
Create a basic Workspace ONE discovery jobCreate a basic Workspace ONE discovery job

Add Credentials

Provide your WS1 username and password by creating a secure Secret. Click the plus icon next to Basic credentials to add a new Secret.

Add new secretAdd new secret

Workspace ONE UEM Discovery Job Options

Choose how to associate vendor metadata to the discovered items. Under Add device vendor metadata as, select Custom Fields, Tags, or Do Nothing.

Vendor metadata optionVendor metadata option

Choose an Object Category for discovered devices. To update the object category of existing devices to match the newly selected category, check the Overwrite existing object categories box.

Add Tags for discovered devices to categorize and filter the discovered devices.

Additional optionsAdditional options

Schedule the Discovery Job

You can automate the discovery process by choosing the day(s) and time(s) that the job will run.

Add multiple schedules using the + Add another Autodiscovery Schedule button.

Schedule jobSchedule job

Run the Discovery Job

After saving, you can run the job immediately.

Run the jobRun the job

You can also run the job later from the Cloud Autodiscovery list page by clicking the Run Now button next to the job.