Software Asset Management (SAM) allows you to take control of your software assets, which reduces your compliance risk and lowers software costs. This blog covers your full SAM journey, which includes four key phases: onboarding, activation, deployment, and usage. Key on demand event recordings you might need along this journey can be found right here!
Check out the SAM Product Hub to access any resources you might need along your journey! It offers a centralized hub for all your SAM needs. Whether you are just getting started or are practically a SAM expert, the product hub has tools for you.
This blog will walk you through the four phases of your journey and provide event recordings to help you at every step.
Welcome to the first phase of your journey! For some helpful onboarding tips, check out how to Set up for Success with SAM. This will help you get started on the right path and offers a guide for designing your SAM program, even before implementation.
At this point in the journey, there are a couple of events that will make your activation smoother and more efficient. The first event recording for you is a summary of fundamental plugins and store apps necessary for an accurate SAM activation. Check out our SAM Activation: Plugins, Store Apps, Software Normalization & Content Service webinar for more information!
Additionally, the webinar SAM: Entitlements, Software Models & Discovery Models can serve as a guide to navigating three major components of SAM activation. Entitlement leading practices, how to maintain balance, and software/discovery models are all topics covered in this webinar.
A key part of deployment with SAM is SaaS Optimization. SaaS optimization can help you realize savings and reduce your SaaS spend in days. The webinar Getting Sassy with SaaS Optimization provides an overview of jumpstarting SAM with SaaS.
Usage is the last phase of your SAM journey, and we have a few event recordings to help optimize your SAM usage. One of the most desired outcomes in the Software Asset Management space is taking inventory of your software estate to determine whether you may be out of compliance with your current license position. The Software License Compliance Equation: SAP Licensing webinar offers guidance about creating a compliance position to evaluate your current state of software licenses.
Along those lines, we have a SAM Compliance: Microsoft webinar to help customers generate a compliance position for one workstation product and one server product & discuss troubleshooting reconciliation results.
Finally, the Oracle Licensing in SAM webinar is focused on the software license compliance equation and offers insight into Oracle Licensing in SAM.
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