Increase knowledge of your software estate and its usage – remain informed on the volume, patch status, location, licensing position and usage of your software assets installed on your network.
Drive down costs – prevent unnecessary purchases or inflated maintenance agreements by accurately reconciling usage against entitlement.
Achieve and maintain compliance – ensure that software usage does not exceed licenses held. Prove compliance with accurate reports.
Improve IT governance – manage the complete lifecycle of software assets, from procurement to disposal
License Manager is the most intuitive, flexible solution for managing desktop license compliance across the organization:
License capture wizards – simply follow on-screen instructions to provide a full audit trail of your software license entitlement and cross reference to the physical evidence.
Direct Software audit data import – import asset data directly from Centennial Discovery with no need for third-party data cleansers or converters
Automatic Vendor SKU recognition – no need for manual matching of invoice items to vendor SKUs (where applicable) reducing the risk of transposition errors or other inaccuracies.
Upgrade & downgrade rights management – intelligent rules for automatically calculating software upgrade and downgrade rights
Multiple OUs and sites – manage multiple organizational units and office locations through a single system
Enterprise role-based SAM – create multiple data entry users to capture proof of entitlement in the field while ensuring only the approved compliance manager/s are able to access the current license compliance position for each vendor.
Easy export options – populate Licensing Statements and other forms quickly with live data from License Manager