If you are simply trying to find and reclaim wasted licenses and you already have ConfigMgr it would be in your best interest to look at the two vendors who leverage the data you already have to perform this work for you. Obviously there are many individuals on this list that have used software from, or work for, one or the other of those vendors. I've personally blogged how I use one of the solutions to automate the process or reclaiming unused licenses.
the first blog was more basic.... http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/07/23/automatically-uninstall-unused-applications/ and the second one I'd done a bit more work... http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/01/07/tracking-automatic-software-removals/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Martin Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: anyone know anything about SNOW software? for software license optimization? No pending audit, looking for software waste and trying to determine correct path for who does the work... do you hire someone to run the app or hire the app as a service... From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Mott Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: anyone know anything about SNOW software? for software license optimization? Depends on what business initiative is and or what they are trying to accomplish. If an audits looming, then there are other products that do the job quicker. Looking for software waste, there is another product that does that. Gather more detail from her and come back to the group or shoot me an email offline From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Martin Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 2:40 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: anyone know anything about SNOW software? for software license optimization? I'm the cm guy here, my AD came to me and said he was investigating the vendor (for a software asset containment solution) and I thought I would start investigating a bit to know more about the company and how it rates with it's competitors. Thought I would ping the group Jimmy Martin (901) 227-8209 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andreas Hammarskjöld Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:36 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: anyone know anything about SNOW software? for software license optimization? Yeah, quite a lot, Lost one of my good employees to them at my last job, and we were in direct competition with another product. What do you want to know? //A From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Martin Sent: den 3 februari 2015 18:10 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] anyone know anything about SNOW software? for software license optimization? TIA... Jimmy Martin | Engineer | Information Technology | BMHCC - CORPORATE Phone: (901) 227-8209 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of Baptist. 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