Microsoft CIS Suite Datacenter Inferred Suite issues

[WNeed]

We purchase Microsoft Core Infrastructure Services Suite Datacenter licenses and Microsoft Windows Server Standard standalone licenses.  Our license usage is not functioning properly for these two products.  All the usage is being applied to either the suite or the standalone license.  I have adjusted the percentages for the CIS Datacenter software model and can get the usage to flip, but I can't get only the Datacenter licenses to go to the CIS Datacenter license and only the Standard licenses to go to the Standard standalone license.  I believe the Standard licenses are being captured because they are part of the down grade suite for the CIS Datacenter license.  How do I tell it if it is Windows Server Standard use the standalone license, if it is a Datacenter license use the CIS Suite?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

[dreinhardt]

Hi @WNeed,

CIS could be challenging to due the dependencies of Windows Server + System Center to be detected as CIS. Had a similar situation for a customer and it’s about what you already said - remove the downgrade for CIS Standard should help to avoid consuming the Windows Server Standard as part of the CIS Suite. If you want, you could on top set the Windows Server DC model as mandatory for CIS DC to ensure STD isn’t never taken into account during the reconcile.

please try it step by step.

Best, Dennis

[WNeed]

Dennis,

Thank you for your thoughts.  I removed the downgrade rights with the same results.  I am baffled at this point.

[dreinhardt]

Hi @WNeed,

By default a CIS suite is configured to require both models to be detected. Windows Server DC & System Center. Please remove the System Center model from your CIS DC suite components and give it another try.

For each processed software install multiple key attributes related to the suite etc. are processed an available as extra column.

Could you please check „Minimal valuable software model“, software model result“, „reconciliation result“. Haven’t all in my mind, but the columns names are self explaining. Please these details for incorrect linked DC installs do further investigation.

Best, Dennis

[mikew_samexpert]

From my own experiences, I would start off by understanding the business reasons for purchasing both CIS DC and Windows Server Std licenses. It's possible that your infrastructure team wants to use the Windows Server Std licenses for specific use cases, e.g. in one specific data centre - I've seen this situation many times and these situations device allocations or license consumption rules are the only way forward.