License Management Reports provide information about licensing including number of licenses in use, sales channel, and time until expiration.

Asset Intelligence license management reports provide data about licenses in use. The License Ledger report lists installed Microsoft applications in a format congruent with a Microsoft License Statement. This provides a convenient method of matching purchased licenses with used licenses. Asset Intelligence CAL reports track the number of users and devices that access servers running Microsoft Windows Server or Microsoft Exchange Server software. These reports support better evaluation of CAL usage and needs, providing a means to avoid unintentional software piracy, or over-purchasing of licenses. Other License Management reports provide information about computers acting as Key Management Servers for Windows Vista activation and other Windows Vista activation statistics.

Note
The accuracy of installed software title quantities and license information displayed in Asset Intelligence reports might vary from the actual number of software titles installed or licenses in use in the environment because of the complex dependencies and limitations involved in inventorying software license information for software titles installed in enterprise environments.  Asset Intelligence reports should not be used as the sole source for determining purchased software  license compliance. For more information about the dependencies and limitations involved in Asset Intelligence reporting, see About Asset Intelligence Reporting Limitations.

Drill-through Hierarchy

The following diagram shows the hierarchy and drill-through order of the License Management reports.



License Management Reports Diagram

Reports

The following table lists reports in the License Management category and provides a brief description of their purpose. Also noted is the report that can be drilled through to from the report. For more information, see About Report Links.

Note
Several reports drill through to the Computer Details report. For more information about the Computer Details report, see About the Computer Details Page
Important
Several of these reports present information about the function of Key Management Service (KMS), a method of administering volume licensing. If a KMS server has not been implemented, some reports may return no data. For more information about KMS, search for KMS on Microsoft TechNet (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=3225).

Report Description

License 01A - Microsoft License Ledger for Microsoft License Statements

This report lists Microsoft products that are licensed in volume. The format of the report is similar to a Microsoft License Statement. This can be used to compare licenses used against licenses purchased.

Drill through to License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel report.

License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel

This report lists how many installed instances of a specified software title are from specific sales channels.

Typical sales channels include OEM, Volume, and Retail.

Available from License 01A - Microsoft License Ledger for Microsoft License Statements report.

Drill through to License 01C - Computers with a specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel report.

License 01C - Computers with a specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel

This report identifies which computers have a specific item from the Microsoft License Ledger.

Available from License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel report.

Drill through to License 01D - Microsoft License Ledger Products on a Specific Computer report.

License 01D - Microsoft License Ledger Products on a Specific Computer

This report identifies all Microsoft License Ledger items installed on a specific computer.

Available from License 01C - Computers with a specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel report.

Drill through to Computer Details.

License 02A - Count of Licenses Nearing Expiration by Time Ranges

This report lists computers running Windows Vista grouped by specific time ranges in which they will refresh their license activation from the KMS.

Note
No action is required. However, unavailability of a KMS will impact the activation refresh of these devices.

Drill through to License 02B - Computers with Licenses Nearing Expiration report.

License 02B - Computers with Licenses Nearing Expiration

This report identifies computers with licenses that will need to be refreshed by the KMS within a specified time range.

Available from License 02A - Count of Licenses Nearing Expiration by Time Ranges report.

Drill through to License 02C - License Information on a Specific Computer report.

License 02C - License Information on a Specific Computer

This report provides Windows Vista volume licensing information for a specified computer.

Available from the following reports:

  • License 02B - Computers with Licenses Nearing Expiration

  • License 03B - Computers with a Specific License Status

  • License 04B - Computers with a Specific Product Managed by Software Licensing Service

Drill through to Computer Details.

License 03A - Count of Licenses by License Status

This report lists the number of computers that are currently in specific license states. These states are:

  • Unlicensed

  • Licensed

  • Out Of Box Grace

  • Out of Box Tolerance/Expired Grace Period

  • Non-genuine grace

Drill through to License 03B - Computers with a Specific License Status report.

License 03B - Computers with a Specific License Status

This report lists computers that are in a specified license state.

Available from License 03A - Count of Licenses by License Status report.

Drill through to License 02C - License Information on a Specific Computer report.

License 04A - Count of Products Managed by Software Licensing Service

This report lists all the products that Software Licensing Service manages and counts how many computers have each product installed.

Drill through to License 04B - Computers with a Specific Product Managed by Software Licensing Service report.

License 04B - Computers with a Specific Product Managed by Software Licensing Service

This report lists all computers that have a specified product.

Available from License 04A - Count of Products Managed by Software Licensing Service report.

Drill through to License 02C - License Information on a Specific Computer report.

License 05A - Computers Providing Key Management Service

This report lists Windows Vista computers that act as Key Management Servers.

Note
If there are no KMS servers in your collection, then this report will provide no data.

Drill through to Computer Details.

License 06A - Processor Counts for Per-Processor Licensed Products

This report provides the total number of processors on computers using Microsoft products that support per-processor licensing.

License 07A - Client Access License (CAL) Usage - Summary

This report summarizes the usage of user and device CALs by product.

Note
All versions of a product will appear on the same line.

Drill through to License 08B - Client Access License (CAL) utilization details - product specific report.

License 08A - Client Access License (CAL) Usage - Product Specific

This report summarizes the usage of user and device CALs for a Specific Product.

Note
Each version of a product will have its own line.

Drill through to License 08B - Client Access License (CAL) utilization details - product specific report.

License 08B - Client Access License (CAL) Utilization Details - Product Specific

This report provides a list of servers and the number of user and device CALs used on each server.

Available from the following reports:

  • License 07A - Client Access License (CAL) Usage - Summary

  • License 08A - Client Access License (CAL) usage - product specific

License 09A - List of Users Utilizing Windows Server Client Access Licenses (CAL)

This report provides a list of CAL users and allows navigation to detailed user-specific CAL information.

Drill through to License 09B - Client Access License (CAL) utilization details for a specific user report.

License 09B - Client Access License (CAL) Utilization Details for a Specific User

This report provides a list of servers accessed by a specific user.

Available from License 09A - List of users utilizing Windows Server Client Access Licenses (CAL) report.

License 10A - List of Devices Utilizing Windows Server Client Access Licenses (CAL)

This report provides a list of CAL devices and allows navigation to detailed device-specific CAL information.

Drill through to License 10B - Client Access License (CAL) utilization details for a specific device report.

License 10B - Client Access License (CAL) Utilization Details for a Specific Device

This report provides a list of servers accessed by a specific device.

Available from License 10A - List of devices utilizing Windows Server Client Access Licenses (CAL) report.

License 11A - Historical Client Access License (CAL) Utilization

This report provides historical data for CAL usage summaries.

License 12A - Servers from which Client Access License (CAL) usage data cannot be collected

This report provides a count and list of servers from which CAL usage data cannot be collected.

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