How much cost reduction is described from freeing up Windows licenses?

Name: The Benefits of Data-Driven Software License Management Strategies
Uploaded: 2024-02-16T05:00:36+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Mike Austin
Description: A short YouTube presentation by Mike Austin about data-driven software license management. In the sampled excerpt he describes a configuration change…

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The Benefits of Data-Driven Software License Management Strategies

16 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube presentation by Mike Austin about data-driven software license management. In the sampled excerpt he describes a configuration change that freed up Windows licenses, allowing the organization to avoid seven-figure true-ups and ultimately shed about $1,000,000 in Windows license costs on renewal. The clip mentions licensing options (virtual OS-level licensing) as part of the context.

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Approximately $1,000,000 (described as "a million dollars" / "seven figures").

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Anyways, long story short, they were able to make a quick configuration change and free up a million dollars of licenses, right? That's how they got rid of seven figures of true ups, because now they got a bunch of free Windows licenses, right? So they could void their true ups on Windows that year, and then the next year when they renewed, they shed something like a million dollars of Windows licenses because they didn't need them. Right? Again, even looking at things like Windows now has virtual Virtual you can license at the virtual OS level.