Rev.A00

March2025

DellClientDeviceManagerDataCollection

Policy

Introduction

DellClientDeviceManager(DCDM)isaunifiedapplicationwithmodulardeploymentcapabilities,whicharedesignedtosimplify

themanagementofDellclientsystems.

DCDMalsocollectstelemetrydataproactivelyfromyoursystemsandprovidessystemutilizationinsights.Thetelemetrydata

isalwaysencryptedandthencollectedon-the-box.ThecollectedinformationisthensenttoDellTechnologiestoimprovethe

customerexperience.

NOTE:DCDMdoesnotcollectpersonaldatasuchasusernamesorpasswords.However,ifyouconsenttocollectthedata,

theon-the-boxdataistransmittedbacktoDell.Withatelemetrydataviewer,youcanseewhatinformationistransmitted

backtoDell.

FormoreinformationaboutTelemetryDataViewer,seeUsingTelemetryDataViewer.

Intendedaudience

ThisguideisintendedforITadministratorsandend-usersresponsibleforconfiguringandmanagingyoursystemsusingtheDell

ClientDeviceManager.

Prerequisites

●DCDMrequiresWindows10and11higherversionoperatingsystemtobepre-installedonallsystemstousetheapplication.

●DCDMrequires.NET8ASP.NETCoreRuntime,.NET8DesktopRuntimefortheinstaller.Theinstallerdoesnotinstallthe

Microsoft.NETFramework.

●ITadminsneedtowhitelistthebelowAPI’s:

Table1.APIsofDCDM

APINameURLPurpose

DeviceRegistrationDeviceRegistrationAPIV1DeviceChallengeandregisterthedevice

RegistrationAPIV2

AzureTransmissionAPIAzureTransmissionAPIRetrievestransmissionconfiguration

fromAzure

DataUploaderAPI