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The audit will not be a headache for all license users and business owners. The tense aura around the Microsoft licensing audit fines is understandable though, given the consequences of each mistake in the license report. Every error can result in a penalty and every penalty can domino down to heavy compensations that you can easily become liable to pay.   The complexity of the licensing and reporting process is the sole reason why license management is so difficult. Being a human doesn’t help either because there is no room for miscalculations in license management and no human is error less. That is why it is important to have a tool that can automate your reports and help you get out of this jar of technical pickle we call Microsoft licensing audit fines.   Here are the 3 tips to pass the audit with ease   Detect your Microsoft products and licenses   It’s important to detect all the licenses and Microsoft software in the IT infrastructure of your company. This i...

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...

Microsoft SPLAlicense reporting can be a headache but you can’t get rid of it just because it is a cumbersome procedure. There are many issues that people face during SPLA reporting with no way to know which way is out. Especially in the case of big organizations where tracking and reporting can be a bit hard. This monthly report of software usage has to be sent back to Mic rosoft.    Some of the ways in which you can make this process a bit easier are mentioned below: Microsoft SPLA license reporting using SAM tools : there are many software out there that can help you with Microsoft SPLA license reporting. This software keeps track of the number of users per customer, application instances per customer, and other details that can make reporting a bit more hassle-free and easier. You can look for software that provides information about the total number of users and accurate license reporting. For example, octopus SPLA reporting . This software gives you complete insi...