Unfortunately, you've got a tedious task ahead of you. SMS (or SCCM 2007) doesn't have any idea about the licensing and purchasing requirements of your software. The closest it gets is with SCCM 2007 where it can count licenses for certain Microsoft products.
Malcolm From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, 06 January, 2009 10:10 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Utilizing SMS... I'm trying to use SMS to get a handle on installed software and licensing - problem is, the report is MASSIVE, how can I pare it down to software that actually requires purchase? It's easy to get a list of what's in Add/Remove, but with some of the items listed I have no easy way of knowing if it must be purchased or not - short of Googling the product name and seeing what that gets me for info. Am I stuck with a super-tedious task here? It would be cool if there was a related reg key for "purchase required"... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
