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IT Asset Management for Microsoft® System Center
Gord Watts, ProvanceChristian Booth, Microsoft
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Agenda• IT Asset Management – What and Why?• Microsoft System Center as a platform
for IT Asset Management• Demo• Resources• Questions
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Benefits of IT Asset Management
• Accurate capture and compelling articulation of credibility and capability
• Effective and efficient delivery of the message
• Effective and efficient packaging of the message
ControlCost
ReduceRisk
ImproveEfficiency
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Source: Gartner, May 2013
“IT asset management (ITAM) is a framework and set of processes for strategically tracking and managing the financial, physical, licensing and contractual aspects of IT assets through their life cycle.”
What is IT Asset Management?
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IT Asset Management Focus
Financial Contractual OrganizationalGovernance
Configuration Management IS NOTIT Asset Management!
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Requisition Procurement
Deployment
Maintenance Retirement
The IT Asset Life Cycle
Requested On Order Shipped Received Retired
Stored
Installed
On Repair
Disposed
Returned
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Requisition Procurement
Deployment
Maintenance Retirement
IT Asset Management – It’s About Process
Requested On Order Shipped Received Retired
Stored
Installed
On Repair
Disposed
Returned
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Microsoft® System Center as a Platform for IT Asset Management
Functionality• IT Service
Management• CMDB• Inventory• User and org
detail• Self service• Automation
Knowledge• Built with
familiar Microsoft applications and technologies• Rich partner
community expertise
Leverage• Existing licenses
as part of most Microsoft volume agreements• Existing
deployments of System Center components
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Provance®• Independent vendor of IT Asset
Management software since 1997• Created the first third party
process management pack for System Center• Extended functionality for Service
Manager:• IT Asset Management• Data import• Physical inventory management
The life of an asset – A demonstration
IT Asset Management for Microsoft® System Center
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Resources• Microsoft.com for System Center
2012 R2 – Service Manager information, trial software and Christian’s blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/ • Provance.com for IT Asset
Management information, trial software and Gord’s blog• SystemCenterSolutionStore.com
for partner solutions• Come see Gord and Christian at the
Provance booth
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Questions?
Gord WattsProvance
Christian BoothMicrosoft
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IT Asset Management for Microsoft® System Center
Gord Watts, ProvanceChristian Booth, Microsoft