Manually creating and populating a licensed software via software inventory
A licensed software can also be populated via the software inventory instead of using the Software Catalog. For this example we create a licensed software for Microsoft Office 2010 again that is populated manually with the respective applications.
- Select the Wizards > Application Management menu item or launch it directly from the dashboard.
- In the Introduction window select the Configure a Licensed Software radio button.
- Click Next .
- In the Licensed Software window enter Microsoft Office 2010 into the Name and Office Applications into the Category field.
- From the Evaluation Type drop-down list select the Scanned Applications option.
- Click Next .
- In the License Units - Queries - Applications window click the Add from Software Inventory
icon.
- Repeat points 1 - 3 for all other applications that are part of your Microsoft Office license, e.g. Word, Publisher, FrontPage, and so on.
- Click Next .
- In the Licenses window click Add License
and enter all the necessary information of your license in the respective boxes.
- Click Next .
- In the Assigned Devices window click Add Device Group
on top of the list field.
- Select the group containing your target devices from the list.
- Click OK .
- Click Finish .
- In the Confirmation dialog box, click Yes .
The software license object is created, assigned to a device group and defined as a group that is not authorized to have this software installed.
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