What MDM calculates
What Microsoft Deployment Manager (MDM) analyzes, for cost reduction and compliance.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Installed Software Recognition and Normalization | Automatically recognizes the installed software, normalizes the product name and enriches with product metadata. |
| Transparent Software Recognition Matching | Shows the raw software title and the recognized software match. |
| Component Recognition | Recognizes licensable components and assigns relevant licenses depending on edition match Enterprise vs Standard. |
| Core License Calculations | Applies Core licensing rules by default, taking into account core minimums and other relevant licensing rules (e.g. physical vs virtual, Standard vs Enterprise - considering the no. of VMs running on a given host). |
| Software Assurance (SA) Calculations | Applies the SA rules for the licensing scenario, for example the maximum number of virtual instances of SQL Server when the host has Enterprise edition with or without SA. |
| SQL per device vs maximum virtualization right comparison | Maximum virtualization with SQL Server Enterprise including/excluding Software Assurance (SA) vs SQL Server Standard per instance automated comparison for optimization. |
| Windows Server Standard with stacking vs Datacenter unlimited virtualization right comparison | Automated comparison of licensing Windows Server hosts with Standard vs Datacenter based on the virtual density to determine the most cost effective method to license the host. |
| VMotion max capacity Standard calculation | Automated calculation of the Windows Server Standard licensing requirements of a host if VMotion was enabled across the cluster to allow for the free movement of VMs. |
| Exclude Relevant Environments from License Calculations | Ability to exclude DR, Dev, UAT, etc. environments from total license calculations. |
| Price Est. Calculations | Calculates estimated licensing costs in USD, using the standard Level A Enterprise Agreement price list. |
| Actionable Insights | Flags issues in the analysis, for example discontinued dates, trial and evaluation products, CAL requirements, and server installations on desktop devices. |
| Automated License Allocation | Establishes a hierarchy of deployment and entitlement value and automatically assigns them logically to minimize compliance risk and maximize surplus. |
| License Entitlement SKU Recognition and Normalization | Automatically normalizes MLS SKU names with actual product names and matches them with installed products. |