what is the use of credentials in discovery

[RC12]

hello everyone. i am new to discovery in servicenow. suppose i want to discover a windows device so we use a windows credentials. in that there are credentials and password fields. what are these credentials and password? like are these the things we give when we turn on our pc. so in the client network, how by giving a single username and password, we will be able to discover all the windows devices. can any1 explain. thanku.

[RAHUL YADAV9]

Please refer the below doc. https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/quebec-servicenow-platform/page/product/credentials/reference/credentials-getting-started.html

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[Thomas Powe]

Rahul,

You will need to work with your Windows Engineering team to create a credential that they can push to all servers.  In my experience, this isn't very hard if the authentication is Active Directory.  They can create an ID that is part of a group which is present on all servers.  Your Windows team should be able to help you make this happen.

[Rahul Priyadars]

Generally At Enterprise level - Every Windows Admin uses 1 user id and password for managing multiple Windows Servers. Same Concept Applies in terms of Discovery .

One user with Admin Access will be Created in - Active Directory

Using AD Policies this user will be permitted to access Multiple Windows Server.

Same can be used as discovery credentials to discover these windows servers.

Regards

RP

[Mary Vanatta1]

Please check out the ServiceNow Now Create assets for Discovery. There is product architecture, customer preparation guidance, pre-workshop readiness kickoff (which explains the need for credentials)
Workshop - (learn all about Discovery product), process guide , starter stories 

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