One does not simply refuse a Microsoft License request.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Rankin Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Microsoft SAM Just out of interest, what happens if you refuse to co-operate with them? On 6 November 2014 13:43, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: This is the very first step, to determine whether they think you are willfully or negligently pirating software. Very likely, someone has filed a complaint. (It very well could be an ex-employee or a competitor.) But Microsoft takes those complaints very seriously. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Stefan Jafs Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:38 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] Microsoft SAM Just got an e-mail from Microsoft to do an Microsoft License Review: We are requesting your support to conduct a License Review at “Name of Our Company”, The primary goals of this engagement will be to establish a license position baseline by reconciling installed Microsoft Software with purchase records, and completing a high-level “Current State Assessment” of your SAM policies and practices, with recommendations on how to optimize SAM within your enterprise and present you with an official Effective License Position (ELP) document So is this an audit or what? __________________________________ Stefan Jafs -- James Rankin --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk<http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
