If you select Volume Licensing Agreement as in the previous figure above, you can upload a CSV text file containing the details of your agreement and specify the License Group to which the uploaded agreement should be added. If you select Other Software Licensing Agreement however, you will need to manually specify the details of your agreement as shown in the next two screenshots:įigure 3: Manually specifying the details of a licensing agreement.įigure 4: Manually specifying the details of a licensing agreement (continued) Microsoft does not monitor license agreements you upload this way, so you should consider the Licensing workspace of Windows Intune more of convenience to help you track your licenses than a tool for verifying your compliance with your VL agreements. Other software licensing agreement – Lets you upload licensing information for Microsoft software purchase through retail channels or for third-party (non-Microsoft) software.
Figure 1 below shows the Overview page of the Licenses workspace in the Windows Intune administrator console:įigure 1: Managing software licenses using Windows Intune. Not only can you use Windows Intune to deploy software to your Windows-based computers, you can also use it to manage your software licenses for both Microsoft and non-Microsoft software installed on the computers. This series of articles is based upon a prerelease version of Windows Intune and the final released version may include additional features not included in this version.
You also learned how to deploy software from the cloud to managed PCs, and how a Windows Intune administrator can use Microsoft Easy Assist to remotely assist users who have problems with their computers. This final article in the series explains how you can use Windows Intune to manage software licenses, create and deploy policies to managed PCs, and generate various kinds of reports. The previous articles in this series have walked you through how to perform various PC management tasks using the System Overview, Computers, Updates, Endpoint Protection and Alerts workspaces of the Windows Intune admin console.
Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 6) – Deploy Software.Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 5) – Remotely Assisting Users.Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 4) – Managing Endpoint Protection and Alerts.Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 3) – Managing Computers and Updates.Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 2) – Preparing Your Environment.Managing PCs using Windows Intune (Part 1) – Introduction.If you would like to read the other parts of this article series please go to: