Hi,

We have increasing number of inventory devices from AWS and Azure with duplicate entries.

For previous issues with duplicates I was seeing different serial numbers so wrote a power query to identify them and imported through a business adapter to set the duplicates to ignored and into a duplicates sub-location.

The current duplicates have matching names, serial numbers, VM UUID, IP and MAC address so the only differentiator is last inventory date. I've updated the business adapter to use Inventory Date and am looking to match on Serial number and last inventory date but this is not working (with no log I can find which explains why).

Has anyone successfully used inventory date as a field match in business adapter studio and if so what date format is it expecting - I'm in the UK so using dd/mm/yyyy as per how the date is displayed in the UI. Is it expecting US date format or a date and time stamp and is Inventory Date actually supported as a matching property for the Computer object?

If anyone has any other ideas to identify the duplicates and manage them without creating views that I then need to manually trudge through I'd be glad to hear them, or a way to stop the duplicates being created in the first place? I did find a previous fix for duplicate Azure machines when in a "Stopped (Deallocated)" state but these were producing different serial numbers so were simple to deal with.

Thanks,

Andy

Has anyone experienced an issue where virtualization data from VMware vCenter is being collected successfully in Flexera One, but the VM-to-host relationships are not being reflected in All Inventory and in License Consumption?

In our environment, the vCenters are connected and virtualization data appears to be available. When we run the VMs Inventory Gaps from vCenters report, we can see the expected relationships, including:

• Virtual Machine
• Host
• Cluster
• vCenter

However, when reviewing All Inventory and License Consumption, the virtual machines are not mapped to their respective hosts.

We are trying to understand:

• Have other Flexera One users encountered this behaviour?
• Are there specific configuration settings, inventory import considerations, or reconciliation requirements that could cause VM-to-host relationships to appear in the virtualization reports but not in inventory?
• What troubleshooting steps would you recommend to validate why the virtualization relationships are not being applied?

The reason this is important is that the missing host mappings are impacting virtualization recognition and licence calculations. Virtual machines are being treated as standalone devices and consuming licences individually, rather than inheriting coverage from the licensed host. This is resulting in higher-than-expected licence consumption and potentially inaccurate compliance reporting.

Any insights or recommendations from others who have experienced a similar issue would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

Thank you to those who have already submitted questions for our upcoming Microsoft 365 License Data Q&A.

If there's any specific challenge you'd like the team to address, there is still time to submit your question ahead of the Q&A. Questions submitted before 5th June 2026 will be prioritised.

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Hi Everyone,

As mentioned in my other post, our team is gearing up for AWS re:Invent, however we are fully aware some of you may not be able to attend this year so we'd like to hear from you. Here is my question:

What is the one thing you have discovered in your cloud this year that made a real difference i.e a fix, insight or optimization you are genuinely proud of or have learned from?

if there's enough interest in this topic, I'm happy to facilitate a virtual call so we can have a proper idea exchange.

There's more: The most liked reply (or the most creative) will win a Hidden Cloudverse Swag Pack, featuring our legendary Drizzle, Flash and Nimbus plushies, limited-edition lollipops, and other cosmic goodies! I have included a teaser photo to let you know the stakes!

-Please share your discovery by Thursday 27th November,

-Keep it under 200 words

-Share your own experience (nothing confidential or sensitive)

-One entry per person

Looking forward to reading what you've discovered this year!