Software Asset Management Foundation plugin

The Software Asset Management Foundation plugin activates the ITSM Software Asset Management feature provided with the Asset Management application.

For documentation on the full fledged Software Asset Management product (also known as Software Asset Management professional), see Software Asset Management.

Software Asset Management Foundation plugin systematically tracks, evaluates, and manages software licenses and compliance. Functionality consists of these main features.

Feature area	Description
Dashboard	The Software Asset Management Foundation dashboard shows software installation results for your environment in the form of statistics and charts.
Licensing	Software models created for all installed software products are used to tie software installations (software being used) with entitlements (software owned). Entitlements define license details and are assigned to software models.
Discovery and normalization	A discovery process, such as ServiceNow Discovery or Microsoft SCCM, can be used to discover the software installed in your environment. An Out Of the Box (OOB) Normalization library contains publisher and product content. Custom products can be created if a software product does not exist in the Software Library. Discovered software can be manually normalized for reconciliation.
Reconciliation	The reconciliation process calculates the compliance status of software products with respect to discovery and entitlements. Remediation options are created to resolve compliance issues.

• Exploring Software Asset Management Foundation plugin
  The Software Asset Management Foundation plugin (com.snc.sams) supports tracking, evaluating, and managing software licenses and compliance. You can access this functionality through the Software Asset Workspace or the Software Asset Management Core UI.
• Setting up Software Asset Management Foundation plugin
  Set up Software Asset Management Foundation plugin before configuration.
• Configuring Software Asset Management Foundation plugin workspace
  Once you have finished setting up the Software Asset Management Foundation plugin and the Software Asset Workspace plugin applications, you need to configure the Software Asset Workspace.
• Configuring the classic Software Asset Management Foundation plugin
  Configure Software Asset Management Foundation plugin if you prefer to continue using the classic version.
• Using Software Asset Management Foundation plugin workspace
  Use the Software Asset Workspace, the intuitive and streamlined user interface of the Software Asset Management Foundation plugin application.
• Using Software Asset Management Foundation plugin classic
  Using Software Asset Management Foundation plugin classic.
• Software Asset Management Foundation plugin Administration
  Software Asset Management Foundation plugin administration tasks include adding custom product records, creating custom license metrics, and setting properties. You can also refresh processor definitions, and migrate software installations.