SAM tools for IT inventory uses

You know that visibility, transparency, forecasting, and clarity are the main characteristics of IT administrators who effectively manage their IT estate with the help of IT asset management (ITAM). Remember that IT asset management (ITAM) covers all IT resources such as software, hardware, network services, etc. and forms the umbrella over SAM (Software Assessment Management). Microsoft Software Inventory Tool is an integral part of IT asset management.

SAM manages and optimizes on-premise software applications that were purchased or downloaded and installed on servers and clients. This makes SAM a subset of ITAM.

Furthermore, software assessment management is a must thing to do due to its importance in software licenses management and audits, but software cannot function without a physical asset, which means IT asset management is among the priorities within the business.

To be noted, many older SAM tools are still in use but are useful only in inventory-related usage reporting since they struggle to account for multiple licensing metrics.

Software Asset Management (SAM) can get more importance as:

• Software audits are expensive, gripping business focus
• One more thing, the software can get outdated, and short-lived

One thing common between the Microsoft SAM and license compliance verification (Audit) is the process. In both situations, the auditors will run the same tools, getting the same data, and making the same suppositions based on that data.

Licensing is potentially the most important dimension in consideration to software asset management (SAM) as poor handling of licenses can cost a company in the millions. Besides use in IT inventory, the SAM tool is also very useful in Microsoft SPLA Reporting.

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