A fully-managed license procurement and asset management service which significantly lowers your cost of ownership and optimises compliance and reporting for your Microsoft software..

Buying ever more software each year without the ability to manage it effectively means that organisations are buying blind and wasting money.  To solve this problem Teksys has combined two key software activities – procurement and asset management – into a single managed service that dramatically improves the way companies purchase, upgrade and administer their Microsoft software.

The Teksys Managed Microsoft Licensing Service (MMLS) delivers not only effective Microsoft license procurement, but also a complete software asset management service which enables you to accurately identify and track your Microsoft investments.

You will:

1. Buy software more cost-effectively
2. Have 100% visibility of installed Microsoft products
3. Avoid buying unnecessary software
4. Save on asset management costs
5. Improve use of upgrade entitlements
6. Reduce cost of software ownership
7. Have better managed volume contracts

Managed Service Components
Utilising the market leading Centennial Discovery Web Edition – fully implemented and hosted by Teksys - our award winning software services team will develop data about your software estate and transform that information into real time cost savings for your
organisation by reducing wastage and optimising your volume licensing agreement.

We will manage the entire Microsoft software procurement process for a nominal administration fee.  No hidden costs or conflict of interest - plus a reassurance that your organisation is taking a best-practice approach to licensing management and compliance.

MMLS includes:

1. Discovery tool implementation
2. Inventory analysis
3. License position development and maintenance
4. Vendor contract management and reporting
5. Software license fulfilment

Discovery Tool Implementation
This service includes the use of market-leading Centennial Discovery as the detection and reporting engine for a wide range of data including: software installation, usage and location.  As an added benefit, this discovery platform also gives complete visibility of all IP-addressable hardware devices present on the network – an invaluable aid for asset management.

Inventory Analysis
The service includes full analysis of the array of inventory data and reports on your Microsoft software estate - enabling accurate assessment of the state of compliance and responses to the monthly consumption and procurement information required under the terms of most volume licensing agreements.

License Position Development & Maintenance
Once the discovery and analysis data has been compiled, a comparison is performed against Microsoft license reports and procurement data. This creates a license position baseline which is continually updated as part of the managed service. The ongoing accuracy of this data means that the license position report for Microsoft software can be extracted and used for budgeting, contract negotiation, upgrade planning and project development.