Manage Software Licenses with AWS License Manager
AWS License Manager makes it easier to manage your software licenses from software vendors such as Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and IBM across AWS and on-premises environments. AWS License Manager lets administrators create customized licensing rules that emulate the terms of their licensing agreements and then enforces these rules when an instance of EC2 gets launched.
Administrators can use these rules to help prevent licensing violations, such as using more licenses than an agreement stipulates.
The rules in AWS License Manager enable you to help prevent a licensing breach by stopping the instance from launching or by notifying administrators about the infringement. Administrators gain control and visibility of all their licenses with the AWS License Manager dashboard and reduce the risk of non-compliance, misreporting, and additional costs due to licensing overages.
AWS License Manager also simplifies the management of your software licenses that require Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts.
In License Manager, administrators can specify their Dedicated Host management preferences for host allocation and host capacity utilization. Once setup, AWS takes care of these administrative tasks on your behalf, so that you can seamlessly launch instances just like you would launch an EC2 instance with AWS-provided licenses.
Benefits
Gain control over license usage
The way organizations manage licenses can vary from simple spreadsheets to highly customized solutions. Often, these approaches can be problematic, as they require manual and ad-hoc reporting that can be inaccurate and quickly outdated.
With AWS License Manager, license administrators can create custom licensing rules to help manage license usage centrally. AWS License Manager gives organizations visibility and control over how software licenses are used and can prevent misuse before it happens.
Reduce costs
AWS License Manager provides a centralized view of license usage, so that administrators can determine the right number of licenses required, and not purchase more licenses than needed.
With this improved visibility, you can also control overages and avoid penalties from licensing audits. License Manager is easy to use, and helps reduce the time and cost for tracking and managing licenses.
Reduce the risk of non-compliance
AWS License Manager gives administrators the ability to set limits for license usage. When license usage exceeds these limits, AWS License Manager sends an alert to administrators.
Administrators also have the option to enforce these limits, and block the launch of new instances that require additional licenses. This helps you reduce the risk of non-compliance.
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