UMRA: temporary software licenses

Door: Arnout van der Vorst

11 maart 2008

Product en technologie

A popular method to control software licenses, such as Microsoft Visio, Publisher and Project, is to make these licenses temporary. In most networks, these applications are represented by groups in the Active Directory. Members of such a group will get the software distributed to them using for instance SMS/GPO. UMRA has the ability to manage these group memberships and revoke them automatically after lets say 3 months. You can also extend this period by offering a web interface to your servicedesk or revoke a membership at any time. 2 weeks before the 3 month period ends, UMRA can send a warning e-mail message to the person which is about to be revoked. Basic structure:

Users are member of for instance gg_app_ms_visio
2 weeks before the 3 month period ends, UMRA sends out a warning e-mail message to the user
On the 3 month limit, UMRA removes the membership from the gg_app_ms_visio group
At any time, a web interface will allow you to manage memberships of applications to users, both to extend and revoke
UMRA can send out automated weekly reports on licenses per user or per application

Geschreven door:
Arnout van der Vorst

Maak kennis met Arnout van der Vorst, de inspirerende Identity Management Architect bij Tools4ever sinds het jaar 2000. Na zijn studie Hogere Informatica aan de Hogeschool van Utrecht is hij begonnen als Supportmedewerker bij Tools4ever. Daarna heeft Arnout zich opgewerkt tot een sleutelfiguur in het bedrijf. Zijn bijdragen strekken zich uit van klantondersteuning tot strategische pre-sales activiteiten, en hij deelt zijn kennis via webinars en artikelen.