The Licensing Academy
The Licensing Academy is a completely unique set of training courses that Bytes have developed for our customers. Using our wealth of expertise in software licensing and software asset management, we have developed these half day training sessions to educate you about the latest licensing programmes, and Software Asset Management.
The Licensing Academy exists to help you better understand the complexities of software licensing and Software Asset Management. Whether you or your employees are in a role that requires a basic understanding of licensing, or you have a great deal of experience but need to better understand how you can gain greater control of your software assets, we can help.
Featured Vendors
Aside from the vendor-specific courses, much of the content covered in the courses is vendor independent. However, to ensure delegates derive the most value from the "Licensing Fundamentals" course, specific reference is made to the licensing programmes available from Microsoft, Symantec (including Veritas), Citrix, Adobe (including Macromedia) and VMware.
Should you or your employees require a more in-depth course that covers a particular vendor or contract type, our licensing experts can design a tailored course for you and deliver it on your site.
Licensing Fundamentals and Best Practice Courses
Software Asset Management Best Practices / Licensing Best Practices for the Global Enterprise – these courses give delegates practical advice over the processes and procedures they need to implement to gain control over their software estate.
Licensing Fundamentals
This course gives delegates the chance to understand the underlying principles that the leading vendors apply when structuring their licensing programmes.
- Introduction to licensing (what is a license, different types of license and different types of licensing agreements)
- Overview of the core licensing programmes available from Microsoft, Symantec (including Veritas), Citrix, and Adobe (including Macromedia)
- What is Maintenance?
- Product Use Rights
- Overview to Software Asset Management
Software Asset Management Best Practices
This course gives delegates the chance to understand the underlying principles that the leading vendors apply when structuring their licensing programmes.
- How to be sure your licenses are genuine
- Who are FAST and the BSA
- Good licensing practice
- The importance of SAM
- The NEW BS ISO/IEC 19770 standard
- Deployment considerations
Licensing Best Practices for Global Enterprises
This course gives delegates the chance to understand the underlying principles that the leading vendors apply when structuring their licensing programmes.
- Centralised and Decentralised contracts
- Leveraging greater Regional discounts
- Currency considerations
- How to be sure your licenses are genuine
- l Who are FAST and the BSA
- The importance of SAM
- The NEW BS ISO/IEC 19770 standard
- Deployment considerations
Vendor Courses
The following vendor courses are also available; please contact Bytes Learning Solutions for a full course overview: Licensing Essentials for:
- Microsoft Office 2008
- The Virtual Environment
- SPLA
Bespoke courses
If you need to gain a deep understanding of a specific vendor set or require assistance understanding a particular component around software licensing or software asset management, we can tailor a course for you. For assistance, please call 020 8786 1536, or email tellmemore@bytes.co.uk.
