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Introduction into Software Asset Management (SAM)
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Introduction into Software Asset Management (SAM)

What is SAM?
Created byOleksiy Akimov
Last updated 11/2022
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • What is Software Asset Management (SAM)
  • What is Software Asset Managemenent needed for
  • What is commercial and technical inventory data
  • What license statement consists of
  • How to create a license statement (effective license position / ELP)
  • What can you expect of a SAM tool
  • What happens during a software licensing audit

Course content

10 sections • 11 lectures • 47m total length

  • Introduction0:19

    Learn the basics of software asset management (sam) and discover its benefits and challenges. See concrete, practical examples to apply sam in real-world scenarios.

  • Content overview2:18

    Define software asset management and explore its lifecycle, commercial and technical data, and the license balance sheet. Examine how SAM tools address challenges and their limitations, plus manufacturer audits.

Requirements

  • This course is designed as an introduction into Software Asset Management
  • No expertise with software licensing or IT infrastructure is required

Description

Learn the basics of comprehensive and effective software asset management (SAM) - from gathering of the requirements to creation of the software license balance sheet.

Proof of software license compliance commonly presents organizations with challenges. Software asset management supports you in obtaining a comprehensive overview of the current license position and in making both the commercial license inventory and the actual use transparent. However, this requires specific specialist knowledge, for example on publisher-specific licensing terms, performing inventory of the technical software inventory or efficient processes to create license balance sheets.

The contents of this training are based on Deloitte's best practices from numerous SAM projects with organizations of varying sizes and industries.

In this course you will learn how to differentiate between license management and software asset management and what software asset management consists of. Building on this foundation, we will examine the commercial and technical data as the basis for a license balance sheet, review the basic data sources and demonstrate the procedure for creating a software license balance sheet. Finally, we'll use Microsoft products as an example on how to optimize a license position by applying downgrade rights.

We'll take a look at SAM tools: what can they do and how can these tools be integrated into existing IT landscapes. We'll focus on understanding of the specific data types.

With the Deloitte SAM Basic training, you will fulfil the prerequisites for better understanding of software asset management and applying it within your organization.

Who this course is for:

  • This training is intended for those who work in IT, Legal, Procurement, Controlling and require an extended overview in Software Asset and License Management in an enterprise

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