SPLA contract and use of SPLA audit report tool

Software licensing is no easy task especially when an audit notice comes out of nowhere. We have seen many individuals come to us for help with it. Is it a wise decision for your business to purchase an SPLA license? What will happen if your SPLA is audited? Worry not because we are here to answer some of those questions and tell you how the SPLA audit report tool can help you with that.

Do I need to have an SPLA?


The three most typical situations where an SPLA is needed are listed below:



  • When you use the infrastructure provided by Microsoft to run a third-party application.

  • When you provide hosting as a service (HaaS), which includes file-sharing, hosting for websites, and hosting for data.

  • When you have a multi-tenant infrastructure as a service (IaaS) or a multi-tenant cloud platform.


How SPLA audit report tool can help your business?


Having an SPLA audit report tool can reveal the complexity of all the software that you’ve signed up for. Since going through all the data and maintaining the report is difficult the SPLA license reporting tool works as a helping assistant.

You can get detailed reports on your software usage. These reports are updated on time by the SPLA license reporting tool.

With such a helping hand by your side, you can focus on your work without worrying about the surprise audits done by Microsoft.

Reach out to Octopus cloud if you want to learn more about our services and features. You can visit our website or write an email to info@octopus.cloud. You can also call us at +41 41 552 14 90 to talk to our team members for more information.

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