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SAM Essentials

Achieve effective software asset management (SAM) and reach your business goals in three simple steps with License Dashboard SAM Essentials.

Designed to suit the requirements of your organization, License Dashboard SAM Essentials gives you full access to
manage your entire software estate with support from our specialists. Using our flagship SAM tool,
License Manager,
identify three, five, or ten key software vendors for quick onboarding and immediate management.


Our experienced SAM consultants work with your team to ensure quick onboarding and immediate management of your key software,
as well as providing quarterly health checks to ensure your organization continues to get the most value from its SAM investment.

Features and benefits of SAM Essentials

  • Industry-leading SAM tool and managed service
  • Dedicated License Dashboard SAM Consultant
  • SAM tool and software licensing training
  • Quarterly health checks from experienced SAM specialists
  • Gain industry recognized qualifications
  • Increased speed-to-value for your SAM program
  • Accelerated learning and quick product adoption
  • Guaranteed return on investment (ROI)
  • Builds your SAM capabilities for the future

Product. Service. Training

SAM Essentials empowers cost savings and compliance risk reduction with an effective SAM program that gives your team the skills to manage your organization’s software licenses effectively.

By combining your SAM tool investment with service and support provided by License Dashboard SAM specialists, your organization gets the essentials of a SAM program while building for the future with structured SAM training.

Product: License Dashboard License Manager

License Manager is a powerful, easy-to-use platform that allows organizations to accurately manage software licenses. The tool provides advanced licensing automation, speeding up day-to-day tasks for software asset managers and ensuring that complicated license metrics are calculated correctly.

License Manager guarantees that your organization is receiving the maximum ROI on its software purchases, saving you money on your software spend.

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Service: select the software you want to manage

Our SAM consultants get your organization’s SAM program up and running quickly – in days, not months. Select three, five, or ten key vendors to be managed by our specialists. The proof of entitlement and software inventory for your selected vendors is validated and uploaded on your behalf, with continued quarterly health checks to authenticate your compliance status.

Your organization’s own SAM manager has full access to License Dashboard License Manager and can continue to manage all vendors deployed across your software estate.

Training: develop your own SAM skills

The extensive training and support we provide as a part of License Dashboard SAM Essentials allows you to select a team member to be the owner of your SAM program, regardless of SAM experience.

We provide a structured three-year development plan, assessed quarterly by your dedicated License Dashboard SAM consultant. Your SAM owner also receives access to both the online License Dashboard Training Academy and online licensing training provided by The ITAM Review, both awarding industry recognized qualifications.

Additional service options for additional vendors

Onboard additional vendors in line with your organization’s changing requirements.

License Dashboard Discovery

License Dashboard’s discovery solutions, License Dashboard Discovery and License Dashboard ScanWin provide agent-based or agentless scanning for your organization.

Audit support services

Our team of consultants provide audit defence or support services to ensure risk of non-compliance is further minimized.

Software optimization service

Ensure your Microsoft spend and future licensing plan is fully optimized with a full review of your current license estate and business requirements.

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