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How License Manager Works?
Centennial License Manager is designed to dramatically ease the difficult process of managing software assets and proving license compliance.
License Manager is the most intuitive solution of its type available, automating many of the tasks that previously took many man hours to achieve and providing a wizard-like interface which ensures that staff maintain high levels of productivity.
License Manager makes it easy to address the key areas of software management:
- Import and filter discovered software
Unlike other solutions, License Manager automatically imports discovered software data without the need for additional data filtering and cleansing tools. With an integrated version of Centennial Discovery, License Manager imports the software titles that need to be managed and automatically ensures that new discovery data is updated on a regular, scheduled basis.
- “Proof of Entitlement” capture
Authorized data entry users can quickly add new software purchases to License Manager through a structured web interface. All important information, such as vendor, purchase order, license quantity, cost, and both vendor and reseller SKUs are captured. Proof of Entitlement documents can be attached to each record for future reference and audit purposes.
NEW for License Manager 3.0 – License Manager now supports the automatic import of licensing information from Microsoft CLP reports as well as the ability to manage CALs.
- Match entitlement with known vendor software
A key differentiator for License Manager is its ability to automatically match entries on entitlement records with known software titles. In most cases this will remove the need for the user to manually collate entitlement records with vendor software catalogs.
- Report on license compliance status
Once Proof of Entitlement documents have been entered and the License Manager database is populated with the latest discovered data, authorized users can quickly reconcile entitlement against usage. License Manager will highlight over-licensing and under-licensing, as well as automatically calculating upgrade and downgrade rights.
