Published: 22 December 2014
ID: G00268862
Analyst(s): Victoria Barber , Stephen White , Frances O'Brien , Ben Jepson
As the most commonly used software and services in organizations of all sizes come from Microsoft, receiving an audit letter from this vendor creates a lot of extra work for poorly prepared software asset managers. But these audits don't have to be a problem, if you know how to manage them.
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