About License Ledger Reports

License ledger reports closely resemble and are intended to be used in conjunction with a Microsoft License Statement. Comparing this report to a Microsoft License Statement allows you to analyze license usage in comparison with purchased licenses.

License 01A - Microsoft License Ledger for Microsoft License Statements

This report lists the Microsoft products installed on computers in a specific collection that are licensed using a volume licensing model. The data is reported in a format similar to a Microsoft License Statement. This report contains the following columns.

Licensed Family Name: Licensed family names are indicative of the general role of the software, such as Microsoft Virtual Server Enterprise, Project Professional, or Windows Server - Standard.

Licensed Product Name: The licensed product name is the specific title of the software, such as Virtual Server - Enterprise 2005 or Windows Server - Standard 2003.

Version Code: The version code associated with the specific version.

Inventoried Quantity

The inventoried quantity represents the number of computers in the inventoried collection on which the specific software is installed.

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This quantity does not reflect per-processor counts or multiple instances on a single computer.

License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel

From the License 01A - Microsoft License Ledger for Microsoft License Statements report, you can drill through to the License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel report. This report presents information about a single software item chosen from the License 01A - Microsoft License Ledger for Microsoft License Statements report.

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In the Channel column, Full Packaged Product refers to a retail boxed software, Compliance Checked Product refers to an upgrade from a validly licensed version of a product, OEM refers to Original Equipment Manufacturer or software included with a purchased computer, and Volume refers to software purchased with a volume license.

This report contains the following columns.

Product Name: The software title.

Channel

The sales channel associated with the software license. Sales channel codes are described in the following table.

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Any values other than those listed in the table are undefined.

Code	Sales Channel
0	Full Packaged Product
1	Compliance Checked Product
2	OEM
3	Volume
NULL	Not Available

Inventoried Qty

The inventoried quantity represents the number of computers in the inventoried collection on which the specific software is installed.

Note
This quantity does not reflect per-processor counts or multiple instances on a single computer.

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

From the License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel report, you can drill through to the License 01C - Computers with a Specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel report. This report presents a list of computers on which are installed the software item from a sales channel chosen from the License 01B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel report. This report contains the following columns.

Computer Name: The name associated with the listed computer.

SMS Site: The SMS site code.

Top Console User: The user, if any, who has used this computer more than 60 percent of the logged time, as computed from the system log using user log-on and log-off events.

Serial Number: The serial number associate with the listed computer.

Asset Number: The asset tag number assigned to the listed computer as listed in the computer's BIOS.

Computer Manufacturer: The name of the manufacturer as listed in the computer's BIOS.

Computer Model: The model of the computer.

Product ID: The ID number associated with this instance of the specified software.

DSL ID: If a Windows Installer or OSD deployment package is tagged with a property named DSL ID, the content of this property will be reported in this column. This provides one means of verification that software was distributed from an approved source.

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

This report identifies all Microsoft license ledger items installed on a specific computer. This report contains the following columns.

Computer Name: The name associated with the listed computer.

Licensed Family Name: Licensed family names are indicative of the general role of the software, such as Microsoft Virtual Server Enterprise, Project Professional, or Windows Server - Standard.

Licensed Product Name: The licensed product name is the specific title of the software, such as Virtual Server - Enterprise 2005 or Windows Server - Standard 2003.