SAM License Compliance & Audits 3

Question 1

Which of the following is considered a 'soft' audit trigger that may prompt a vendor to initiate a license review?

Accepted Answer

A customer's contract approaching renewal with no upsell activity

Answer

Contracts approaching renewal with flat or declining spend often trigger vendor audits as a tactic to identify upsell opportunities or compliance gaps.

Question 2

What does 'license harvesting' mean in the context of SAM?

Accepted Answer

Reclaiming licenses from inactive or departed users and redeploying them to active users

Answer

License harvesting recovers unused or underused licenses from inactive accounts and reassigns them, reducing the need to purchase additional licenses.

Question 3

A multinational company runs software on servers in the US, UK, and Germany. Which factor most complicates license compliance across these jurisdictions?

Accepted Answer

Varying license terms and geo-restrictions in country-specific EULAs

Answer

Many software licenses include geographic restrictions, meaning a license purchased in one country may not legally cover deployments in another.

Question 4

In a SAM audit, what is the significance of 'license position' vs. 'compliance position'?

Accepted Answer

License position refers to owned entitlements; compliance position compares entitlements to actual deployments

Answer

License position is the count of owned entitlements, while compliance position is the net result after comparing entitlements against actual deployments to determine over- or under-licensing.

Question 5

A software vendor's license agreement prohibits 'benchmarking' without written consent. In a SAM context, this clause most likely prevents:

Accepted Answer

Publishing performance comparison data against competing products without approval

Answer

Anti-benchmarking clauses restrict publishing competitive performance comparisons, not internal usage monitoring or discovery activities.

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SAM License Compliance & Audits 3