SoftwareCentral keeps track of your licenses, automatically reclaims inactive software from clients and blocks further deployments if no licenses are available. The license tools will make sure that software licenses are used in the most efficient.
SoftwareCentral intelligently uses the Configuration Manager metering data to update the license counters, and provides a rapid response to any non-compliance issues. SoftwareCentrals license modules help you to analyse how your software is used and reclaim under-utilised software licenses automatically to optimise costs.
License Harvesting is enabled on an application-by-application basis. Administrators can simply specify how many days an application is allowed to stay inactive on a client computer. When the preset inactivity level is reached SoftwareCentral automatically removes the application from the client and releases the license for redeployment on another client. SoftwareCentral tracks your licenses to provide a rapid response to any non-compliance issues, intelligently updating the counters using the Configuration Manager metering data.
SoftwareCentral provides comprehensive license reports, that show how your licenses are used within the organisation. It is possible to export license data either as a CSV file or as a PDF document.
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