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                License Management Basics

                • What are fingerprints
                • What is a software product
                • What are license models
                • License requirements
                • License assignment
                • What is consolidation of license requirements
                • What is a license
                • Using license pools to provide licenses and control entitlement
                • Logic behind license entitlement
                • Hierarchy of contract objects
                • Managing a volume license agreement
                • Object model for License Management

                License Intelligence Service (LIS)

                • LIS Service Levels
                • Updating License Intelligence Service (LIS)
                • How to configure LIS-Online Update data provider

                Background Data Processing For License Management

                • Background processing for license management
                • Notifications about active processes in License Management

                License Management Dashboards and Reports

                • Dashboard in Licenses
                • Charts in Licenses
                • Report - Software Compliance
                • Report - License Inventory
                • Report - Financial Risk Assessment
                • Report - Cost Saving Potential
                • Report - Software Usage Saving Potential

                Advanced Principles in License Management

                • Logic behind license entitlement
                • What is consolidation of license requirements
                • Consolidating license requirements for suites
                • Examples of software suite consolidation
                • Automatic change of license model with downgrades
                • Extent of license model change with downgrades
                • Licensing in cluster of hypervisors with automatic load balancing
                • License mobility with virtual machines
                • Configure remote application usage and platform access tracking
                • Create license requirements for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
                • Manage compliance with 'concurrent use' license mode
                • Settings relevant for creation of license requirements
                • Single engine activation for License and Asset Management

                Vendor Specific Topics

                • License Model for Power BI Reporting Server on-premises
                • License Models for Microsoft SQL Server
                • License Models for Microsoft Windows Server
                • Create license requirements for Microsoft Extended Security Updates (ESU)
                • License Models for Oracle MySQL
                • Determine license requirements for Oracle Java SE

                More License Management Documentation

                • Licensing of multiple versions of same software for same consumer
                • Agentless discovery and inventory
                • Data object model for license management
                • Oracle Database Worksheet
                • Permissions for navigation items in the Licenses application
                • Permissions to actions available in the Licenses application
                • Permissions to dialogs available in the Licenses application
                • Permissions to previews available in the Licenses application
                • Priorities used when assigning downgradeable licenses
                • Settings for License Management

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