--- title: Configuration slug: en/configuration description: Learn how configuration management, as prescribed by ITIL, can enhance your organization's effectiveness by efficiently gathering and maintaining crucial information about every configuration item. Discover the benefits of effective identification, regist docTags: createdAt: 2021-10-27T19:39:17.000Z --- ## Presentation According to ITIL "**Information about each configuration**". The item is registered in a configuration registry in the configuration management system and is maintained throughout its lifecycle by the configuration management and service asset. This functionality allows to **identify, register and manage the Configuration Items (CI)**.