SAM License Compliance & Audits 2

Question 1

A software vendor initiates an audit and requests license reconciliation data within 30 days. What is the FIRST step the SAM team should take?

Accepted Answer

Assemble an internal audit response team and gather current license entitlements

Answer

Assembling a response team and gathering entitlement records is the critical first step to understand your position before responding to the vendor.

Question 2

Which metric is used to measure the difference between the number of licenses owned and the number of licenses deployed?

Accepted Answer

Effective license position (ELP)

Answer

The Effective License Position (ELP) quantifies whether an organization is over-licensed, under-licensed, or compliant for a given software title.

Question 3

A company discovers mid-audit that 50 copies of a CAD application are installed but only 30 licenses were purchased. The shortfall most likely constitutes:

Accepted Answer

An unlicensed use situation exposing the company to financial and legal liability

Answer

Installing more copies than licensed is unlicensed use, which creates financial and legal exposure including potential back-licensing fees and penalties.

Question 4

What is the purpose of a 'true-up' in enterprise software agreements?

Accepted Answer

To periodically reconcile actual usage against contracted quantities and pay for any overages

Answer

A true-up is a scheduled reconciliation where the customer pays for any consumption that exceeded the contracted quantity during the covered period.

Question 5

During a software audit, a vendor claims that running virtualized instances of their product requires separate licenses for each VM. Which document should the SAM team consult first?

Accepted Answer

The End User License Agreement (EULA) and any virtualization-specific addenda

Answer

The EULA and any associated virtualization addenda define the specific licensing rules that govern virtual environments for that product.

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SAM License Compliance & Audits 2