Software Licence Reconciliation
Identify and Mitigate Risk | Optimise Licence Usage | Gain Peace of Mind
Quick Facts
Service Overview:
Analysis of your software licence entitlements, software deployments and software usage to identify the effective licence position (licence excesses and/or deficiencies) of your Microsoft estate on a product-by-product basis.
Deliverables:
- Effective Licence Position (ELP) Report
- Data Insights Workbooks (Server, Endpoint & User)
Microsoft Software Licence Reconciliation & Optimisation
Software licence terms can be extremely complex and most organisations do not have the in-house expertise to optimise spend, identify and mitigate risk, and maximise return on software investments. Call it a Software Licence Reconciliation, a GAP Analysis, a Baseline Review or simply a licence audit, this is what we do, and we do it better than anyone. We are experts in Microsoft software licensing, have completed software licence reconciliations for hundreds of organisations and as we do not sell software licences we are uniquely positioned to provide truly independent and impartial advice.
Service Description
It is critical for every organisation to know its exact software licence compliance position and to be certain it is not under-licensed and exposed to legal and financial risks. Making certain however is easier said than done.
The assessment of an organisations software licence compliance position is a complicated process, requiring an in-depth knowledge of complex software licence terms, complete records of hardware, software deployment and software licence entitlements, and a strong understanding of how IT architectures and environment configurations can impact an organisations licence requirements. Most organisations simply do not have the in-house knowledge and expertise to accurately identify what their effective licence position actually is.
Through our Software Licence Reconciliation Service we gather a complete inventory of your software deployments and usage, conduct a complete analysis of your software licence entitlements, and identify the effective licence position of your Microsoft software on a product-by-product basis.
Proactively Mitigate Compliance Risk
Identify and mitigate compliance risks and gain a greater understanding of the licence terms that apply to your software usage.
Optimisation Licence Usage
Ensure your licences are optimally assigned across your on-premises, cloud and hybrid IT environments.
Eliminate Unnecessary Costs
Make Informed Purchasing Decisions
Gain Peace of Mind
Get peace of mind that you have the licences you need to be compliant, your licence usage is optimised and that you are not spending money on licences you don’t require.
Deliverables
Effective Licence Position (ELP) Report
Our comprehensive Effective Licence Position (ELP) Report details;
- The current state effective licence position of your Microsoft software environment, including identification of your effective licence entitlements (current and historic), licence allocations, licence usage, licence requirements and any licence excesses and/or deficiencies which exist.
- Options (where multiple options are available) for addressing any licence deficiencies which have been identified through the acquisition of software licences.
- Options (where options are available) for addressing any licence deficiencies which have been identified through means other than acquiring licences, such as software removal, software re-configuration, server consolidation and/or server architecture changes for example.
Interactive Data Workbooks
Our interactive “Data Insights Workbooks” provide single-pane-of-glass views of your IT estate.
Each workbook contains a comprehensive set of the data (key hardware and software data) that has been collected from your IT environment along with additional insights and information that can also be useful for IT projects outside of Microsoft licensing.
As an example, the Server Insights Data Workbook provides Support Status information (version supported or not supported for example) on a server-by-server basis for all Window Server deployments which can be useful when assessing cyber-security vulnerabilities.
3 data workbooks are provided;
- Server Insights Data Workbook
- Endpoint Insights Data Workbook
- User Insights Data Workbook
Sample ELP Report
- Software Licence Reconciliation & Optimisation
- Enterprise Agreement True-Up Advisory
- Enterprise Agreement Renewal Advisory
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