Lansweeper Classic is an on-premises IT asset management and discovery solution that gives you a centralized inventory of your IT environment. It scans your network automatically and stores the results in your own Microsoft SQL database, so both your data and your infrastructure stay inside your environment.
Lansweeper Platform is cloud-first. Lansweeper Classic is installed and managed on your own Windows servers, which suits organizations that need on-prem control, segmented networks, or air-gapped environments.
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Why use Lansweeper Classic?
Keeping an accurate IT asset inventory is one of the hardest jobs in IT. Devices, users, and software change constantly, and manual tracking goes stale fast.
Lansweeper Classic solves this with:
- On-premises control: Your database, scanning servers, and web console run in your own environment on Microsoft SQL Server and IIS.
- Automated discovery: Scan Windows, Linux, macOS, and network devices without installing an agent everywhere.
- Flexible architecture: Deploy multiple scanning servers across subnets or locations while keeping a single database.
- Room to grow: Adapt your installation to match your network segmentation, VPN connectivity, or regional requirements.
Common jobs you can do with Lansweeper Classic
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IT asset management
Maintain a centralized inventory of hardware, software, users, and configurations in your on-prem SQL database. -
Network and infrastructure visibility
Discover devices across subnets, VLANs, and distributed environments using one or more scanning servers. -
Security and compliance reporting
Identify outdated software, unsupported operating systems, and other risk indicators using built-in reports and dashboards. -
Service management enrichment
Use the centralized asset database to support ITSM processes and improve ticket accuracy.
How Lansweeper Classic works
Lansweeper Classic has four main components.
Database (Microsoft SQL Server)
The Lansweeper database stores all scanning configurations and discovered asset data. It's always hosted on a Microsoft SQL Server (LocalDB, Express, Standard, or licensed editions) within your Windows environment.
There is one database per installation.
Scanning servers
The scanning server is the engine of Lansweeper. It performs the actual discovery of devices and software across your network.
- You can deploy multiple scanning servers per installation.
- Scanning servers communicate with the central database.
- Multiple scanning servers suit segmented networks or multiple physical locations.
On-premises web console
The web console displays your scanned data and lets you configure your installation. It runs on IIS Express or full IIS on a Windows machine in your environment.
Each Lansweeper Classic installation includes one on-prem web console, with full administrative control inside your network.
Optional: link to Lansweeper Platform
Lansweeper Classic is fully functional on-premises. You can also link your installation to Lansweeper Platform for centralized insights across multiple installations.
For more information, see Link Lansweeper Classic with Lansweeper Platform.
Flexible installation options
You can deploy Lansweeper Classic in different ways depending on your environment:
- Single-server setup: database, scanning server, and web console on one machine.
- Distributed setup: components spread across multiple Windows servers.
- Multiple isolated installations: separate instances for subsidiaries or segmented networks, optionally linked to Lansweeper Platform.
Factors that may call for multiple scanning servers or installations include:
- Network segmentation or DMZ environments
- Multiple geographic locations
- VPN limitations
- Regulatory requirements, for example regional data laws
Get started with Lansweeper Classic
To deploy Lansweeper Classic, you'll need:
- A Windows Server, virtual or physical
- Microsoft SQL Server
- IIS for the web console
- Windows credentials for scanning
Start with a single-server installation and expand as your environment grows.