Software Asset Optimization

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Software Asset Optimization

Latest Version: 1.0.4.0
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Updated on March 20, 2024

Description

Large enterprises can easily lose track of the number of software licenses delivered to their employees. Too often, applications are left unused and forgotten on employee devices, silently incurring unnecessary and escalating licensing costs for the business over time.

The Software Asset Optimization pack allows you to detect unused copies of Microsoft Visio, Project, and Adobe Acrobat DC licenses across all devices in your network and uninstall them, when appropriate, to realize significant cost savings.

The pack's dashboards allow you to enhance decision-making by tracking:

  • Devices have Microsoft Visio, Project, and Adobe Acrobat DC installed and when they were last used
  • Potential cost savings before taking any action
  • Actual costs savings once you have taken appropriate action

The pack provides two remote actions to automatically remove the programs from the devices that are not making active use of them. Additionally - and to ensure user awareness - the pack provides Engage campaigns that target these same users to confirm the software removal and guide them through the uninstallation process.

Finally, to cover the possibility of Adobe Acrobat DC being used regularly by employees who are unaware of its full functionality or cost, an additional Engage campaign is included to help you determine employees' usage of PDF files, the responses to which can be used to target devices for uninstallation.

This pack is key for Technical Service Owners and Software License Officers who wish to optimize software usage and realize important cost savings across the enterprise.

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Versions

  • 1.0.4.0 - 20 Mar 2024 - Updated OS requirements
  • 1.0.3.0 - 22 Jul 2022 - Removing duplicate campaigns
  • 1.0.2.0 - 28 Dec 2021 - Improved documentation in "Uninstall Microsoft Office Visio and Project" Remote Action
  • 1.0.1.5 - 25 Nov 2021 - Minor updates and enhancements
  • 1.0.1.4 - 15 Nov 2021 - Minor updates and enhancements to leafscore display name and metric conditions
  • 1.0.1.3 - 30 Aug 2021 - Minor enhancements to score and metrics and some text on dashboards
  • 1.0.1.2 - 28 Jun 2021 - Minor enhancements to the Syntax version of the 6.27 version of this pack
  • 1.0.1.1 - 28 Jun 2021 - Made available a 6.27 version of this pack so that it is compatible for customers running Nexthink version 6.27 or above
  • 1.0.0.1 - 30 Mar 2021 - Adding keywords and more text to the pack description
  • 1.0.0.0 - 30 Mar 2021 - Initial release

Content

Campaigns - 6
Categories - 2
Dashboards - 3
Metrics - 29
Scores - 2

Required Products

Nexthink Act
Nexthink Engage

Platforms

Windows 7 and newer

Compatibility

V6.27 and later