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Published inJan 2012
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ISBN-139781849682961
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David Overton
David Overton
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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Tracking software usage


By tracking the software used within the business, we can ensure we know what software we have to support down to the product version and who is using it. This also enables us to track authorized versus unauthorized software installation.

Windows Intune splits software into two important categories—installed and licensed. All installed and deployed software is managed from the Software workspace. The Licensing workspace shows information regarding our software licenses and detected installations against those purchases. To effectively manage software, we need to look at the installed software as well as the license purchase and usage.

There are two ways to look at the software installed on managed computers from within Windows Intune:

  • Software installed on an individual computer

  • Estate-wide software view

Software installed on an individual computer

We can examine each computer to see the software installed. This enables us to see what versions of software and the name...

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Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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