Manage Software Licenses

Desktop Central allows you to add the details of the licenses purchased along with their expiry date. This data will be used to arrive at the License Compliance Reports and Software Metering.

To Add/Edit Software License details for commercial software, follow the steps below:

1. Click the Inventory tab to view the Inventory Summary

2. Click the Manage Software Licenses link from the left pane available under Actions / Settings. This will list the details of all the licenses that have been added. To add or edit the license detail, click the Add/Edit Software License link.

3. Select the software from the list. You should have scanned the Windows systems at least once to have the details of the software here.

4. The manufacturer and the software version details are pre-filled and cannot be modified.

5. Specify the number of licenses purchased.

6. Specify the details to whom the software is licensed to (optional).

7. Specify the purchase and expiry date in the respective fields (optional).

8. Add comments, if required.

9. Click Update License.

The details gets updated in the table below. It includes the following details:

• Software Name: Name of the commercial software.

• Manufacturer: The software manufacturer (vendor)

• Licensed To: To whom the software is licensed.

• Purchased: No. of licenses purchased

• Installed: No. of licensed software copies that are installed in the network.

• Purchased Date: The date of purchase.

• Expiry Date: The date of expiry.

You can filter the view based on the compliant status of the software like Under License, Over license, Expired Software, etc.