[AusNOG] Network Operators Question - Microsoft SPLA Licensing Review

[Peter Tonoli]

Hi Chris,


> 
> Hope you're having a terrific day!
> 
> Please note we've only had the single off-list reply to the below
> thread - does anyone else monitor their Microsoft Software outside of
> manual audits, if so, could you please respond, it'd really be
> appreciated. I'd really appreciate experiences from you all.

We're currently using Spiceworks - which is free <http://www.spiceworks.com/free-software-inventory-audit-tool/>, for our audits.

One of the organisations that I manage had a non SPLA audit by Microsoft. There were a few issues, in that Microsoft claimed they'd emailed us, called us, sent us snail mail letters, which we never recieved. We eventually completed the audit, sent it to them, and never recieved a response or even an acknowledgement - pretty poor. 

Cheers,
Peter.
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Peter Tonoli < peter at medstv.unimelb.edu.au > +61-3-9288-2399 
IT Manager 
The University of Melbourne - Eastern Hill Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute