Physical endpoint rightsizing

Physical endpoint rightsizing helps you evaluate whether endpoint hardware matches actual employee needs. By combining hardware specifications with user behavior and business context, the solution enables you to identify devices that are correctly sized, oversized, undersized, or mismatched. This supports smarter endpoint allocation, refresh planning, and lifecycle management.

Problem

IT teams often lack a consistent view of how well endpoint hardware aligns with employee requirements. Devices may be overpowered for some users, underpowered for others, or poorly matched to mobility and external display needs. Without correlating hardware configuration with actual usage patterns and business context, these mismatches are difficult to detect, resulting in unnecessary hardware costs, reduced employee productivity, and inefficient refresh planning.

Solution

Continuously evaluate your device fleet using real user behavior, hardware characteristics, and business requirements. The solution combines a reusable Device Fleet Fit Analysis dashboard with a workflow that maintains the custom fields required for device classification. This enables you to identify devices that are rightsized, oversized, undersized, or mismatched and make informed hardware allocation and refresh decisions.

Benefits and outcome

By implementing the Physical endpoint rightsizing library pack/solution you:

• Enable data-driven endpoint refresh and allocation decisions.
• Reduce hardware costs by identifying opportunities to downsize overpowered devices.
• Improve employee productivity by identifying underpowered or mobility-mismatched devices.
• Improve hardware planning through visibility into compute, mobility, and display requirements.

Getting started with Physical endpoint rightsizing

Configure and start using your packs by following these links:

• ​Usage guide: Physical endpoint rightsizing for standard users.
• ​Configuration guide: Physical endpoint rightsizing only accessible to users with an administrator role.