Before discovering hosts
If this is the first time you are collecting data from hosts, you will need to look at each of these steps to determine what configurations are required.
If you upgraded and you already had host collection policies in a previous version, the hosts, credentials, and access controls will have been converted and can be updated using the Host Inventory tools/features.
Before collecting host data for the first time, several configurations must be set up:
See Configure/Search.
See Manage credentials.
See Manage WMI Proxy.
See Manage paths.