Use Cases in License Management
Maintain records of PURCHASED LICENSES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
- Creating a new or editing an existing license
- Importing licenses using the standard template
- Validation of purchased license when saving changes
- Fixing failed validation of an invalid license
- Creating a new license from a SKU
- Updating a license based on a matching part number (SKU)
- Adding base licenses to a license
- Adding base licenses to a license conversion
- Changing ownership of a license (transferring a license)
- Using license pools to provide licenses and control entitlement
- Handling licenses from "educational" license programs
- Using reservations and restrictions for selected consumers
- Checking usage status and possible entitlements of licenses
- How to manage the end of maintenance for software products that are only available in the non-specific version
- Handling the end of maintenance for a license
- Getting informed about expiring licenses
Track required Licenses
- Creating license requirements manually
- Defining license requirements for software products
- Configure automatic determination of license requirements
- Automating license requirements from installed applications
- Automating license requirements from a user or device group
- Automating license requirements for client access (CAL)
- Automating license requirements from remote application usage
- Automating license requirements from service bookings
- Automating license requirements based on rules (with examples)
- Automating license requirements for Matrix42 Enterprise Service Management
- Specific topics around license requirements
- Consolidating license requirements for suites
- Licensing of multiple versions of same software for same consumer
- Checking for possible entitlement of license requirements
- Using several license models for a single software product
Manage Compliance with Software Products
- Checking status of software products
- Setting a baseline for software products
- Setting confirmation mode for software products
- Set reporting scope for software products
- Trend analysis for software products
- Unused installations for software products
- Applying LIS template for software products
- Dealing with a discontinued LIS template for a software product
- Viewing the license library for software products
- Setting a license custodian for software products (only with company codes)
- Tracking local usage for software products
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