Evaluating the Licensed Software for Authorized Software Installations
A device is considered compliant when it is authorized for a particular software title and the software title is installed on the device. To determine the compliance status of your devices for a particular software title, you must authorize that software title for those devices. The system then uses the discovery data and the authorized device status to evaluate and determine which devices are compliant and which are not.
- Select the software title you would like to update, for example, MS Office.
- Go to Assigned Objects > Devices or Device Groups node.
- Assign a device or a device group to the selected software title.
- Select the assigned device or device group and either click the Change Status
icon or right-click and select Change Status. - Click Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.
The status is now changed to Authorized. - Click Evaluate
.
The group members will be immediately evaluated to determine if they have the software installed. To view the evaluation results, select the node of the assigned group sub-node in the left pane.
This view displays all members of the group and the resulting status can be found in the Compliance Status column. (The value of this column is calculated based on the values of the Status and Installed columns.)Compliance Status
Installed
Status
Description
Compliant
Yes
Authorized
Software is installed on the device and the device is allowed to have it installed.
Not Compliant
Yes
Unauthorized
Software is installed on the device but the device is not allowed to have it installed.
Not Installed
No
Authorized
Software is not installed on the device but the device allowed to have it installed.
Compliant
No
Unauthorized
Software is not installed on the device and the device is not allowed to have it installed.
Conflict
This status is displayed when a device is assigned to the same license directly and via a device group but the status for each assignment is different.
For example, Device1 is assigned directly to a software license with 'Authorized' status and the same device is assigned to the same license via a device group with the ‘Unauthorized Devices’ status.