Total visibility of your software assets is a good starting point for any organisation trying to establish a long-term Software Asset Management programme - Dashboard Discovery from Licence Dashboard Ltd tracks all IT assets deployed across your organisation.
Whether the aim is to take control of software licensing, drive down IT costs or ensure that projects are brought in on time and under budget, Dashboard Discovery provides a baseline of asset information across your entire network.
Asset List - provides detailed information of each device, including the device name and domain, operating system and service pack level, the device type, IP address and the last time the device made contact with the server.
Hardware Inventory - provides an extensive overview of the hardware and operating system configuration of each device.
Software Inventory - provides the installed software list for each device including Manufacturer Name, Product Name and Version.
Microsoft Product ID Inventory - provides a list of the Microsoft Product IDs on each device along with the Product Name, Edition and Version. This information is essential for showing which product edition media and ID was used for installing Microsoft software.
File Scan - provides a full list of the executable files on each device including the Filename, Path, Size and Executable File header detailing Manufacturer, Product, Description and Version. This highly detailed information can be exported for use by applications such as Licence Dashboard with Data Cleanse which provide software and licence type recognition, greatly assisting SAM projects.
Inactive Device Management – marks devices as inactive when they have not communicated with the server for a given period, and can delete inactive devices should they remain inactive over time.
A Microsoft SQL database - provides simple access to data that can be used by third-party software, such as CMDB or help desk systems.
Clients - can be spread across multiple domains or workgroups, sites LANs and WANs - they just need to be able to access the server HTTP URL.