Adobe Creative Cloud VS standalone Adobe products license management

[OlCeriM]

I am looking for some insight into how you manage Adobe Creative Cloud entitlement (alm_license) and user allocations.

For example, we have purchased 20 licenses for Adobe Photoshop, which make up our Adobe Photoshop entitlement.

However, some users have Photoshop, Acrobat, and Illustrator assigned. In those cases, they should consume an Adobe Creative Cloud entitlement rather than standalone Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Illustrator entitlements.

I am trying to determine the best way to:

• Accurately count entitlements

• Track which products (Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, etc.) trigger consumption of an Adobe Creative Cloud entitlement

• Avoid double-counting between single product  and Creative Cloud entitlements.

We do not have the Adobe connector implemented, and the Software Subscription table is not populated. I am unsure whether importing data into the Software Subscription table is the right approach.

How are you managing Adobe bundle product license management (entitlements and user allocations) in this scenario?

[MikeW0609686430]

A CC All Apps license can license 20+ Adobe products. Unless you have an arrangement with Adobe that allows otherwise, products such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator require licensing by an CC All Apps or Single App license. The rule of thumb is that if an employees is using more than 3 apps then they should be allocated an All Apps license.

In the Adobe console, CC All Apps or CC Single App licenses are allocated and this data is exported into samp_sw_subscription table.

[dreinhardt]

@OlCeriM 

We're in company's policies to install the Adobe plugin for SAM, it takes some time before it's validated and purchased.

The Adobe Publisher Pack is part of SAM Pro and no additional purchase is required. Since a few releases the SAMP Master includes all publisher packs ready to use