Microsoft asset inventory service ais 2.0

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I struggle to see the relevance of AIS unless a You have already bought into Software Assurance and might as well make use of it and b The unlikely event that you only own Microsoft software. Otherwise there are plenty of other alternatives on the market that provide a broader coverage of software and more mature set of features — whether on premise or cloud based.

What is Microsoft AIS? Which applications and vendors are included in the service — i. Which Operating systems does it cover? How is it priced? Do customers have to have Software Assurance to use the service?

Existing users have stated that reporting is currently limited and labour intensive — how does the new version address this? AIS 2. So Microsoft stores data about my installs and licenses? How does Microsoft deal with client concerns over access to client install counts?

In a nutshell: Strengths Cloud based service — No server infrastructure required although agents still need to be deployed Weaknesses License reconciliation limited to Microsoft Software only Microsoft only agent platforms Requires Software Assurance Conclusion I struggle to see the relevance of AIS unless a You have already bought into Software Assurance and might as well make use of it and b The unlikely event that you only own Microsoft software.