LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option

Many companies using Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 believe that they have a complete Software Asset Management solution. The correct answer would be – that Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 does a brilliant job collecting inventory and metering data.

What SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 does not do is managing your licenses, with the LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option it will.

For a company which have already implemented Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 it can be hard to find an argument installing and additional agent for collecting inventory data.

No additional agents necessary using LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option, but you will have complete compliance reporting.

LicenseWatch SMS Option is for organizations already running or in the future migrating to Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007. Organizations which are already using Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 for distribution purpose will benefit from using one agent, with the option of running the much smaller LicenseWatch agent on desktops with low bandwidth and without the Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 agent. (LicenseWatch agents have the smallest footprint among any client/server based Software Asset Management solutions *).

In other words LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option has an architecture supporting multi agents running simultaneously. Organizations using LicenseWatch have the ability to migrate from the architecture based on LicenseWatch agents to Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 agents. Since LicenseWatch is 100% transparent in regards to the agent architecture which collects data, the migrations can be done in minutes.

LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option consists of the LicenseWatch Framework and five feature rich modules. The powerful customization will fit precisely to the company’s needs, which does not have to compromise with existing work processes or technology.

• LicenseWatch Framework
• LicenseWatch Software License Manager
• LicenseWatch Metering Passive
• LicenseWatch Integration for Active Directory 
• LicenseWatch Advanced IT Asset Management
• LicenseWatch Notification

All software and hardware data from the Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 SQL Server are replicated to the LicenseWatch SQL Server. Software administrators will from the LicenseWatch console be able to control any of the data collected from Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007. LicenseWatch SCCM 2007 Option functionality includes:

• Industry leading compliance reporting on any organisational level.
• Software metering analysis.
• Most advanced software registration on the market.
• Hardware assets replicated directly from Microsoft SMS 2003 or SCCM 2007 Server.
• Advanced IT Asset Management for other devices – printers, monitors, mobile phones, other handheld devices, switches, routers and all other IT assets.
• Fully integrated with Active Directory see also LicenseWatch integration for Active Directory.
• Advanced alarm functionality with LicenseWatch Notification.

(*) LicenseWatch Agent uses less than 180KB of space and has a 3-5% footprint when scanning for software and hardware.