<h2>what is the purpose of using "admin$" in discovery</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"><article><div ><h3 >Summary</h3><section><ol><li>The "admin$" folder is one of the requirements for Windows Discovery.</li><li>The purpose of the "admin$" is to have the MID Server access to the remote or target device and be able to run the PowerShell scripts to get the information needed for Discovery.</li><li>So, this folder is only used when discovery runs for the target device.</li></ol></section></div></article></div>