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Software Licensing Fundamentals

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Software Licensing Advanced

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Software Licensing Within a Virtual Environment

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Oracle License Management

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Oracle Contracts Management

Scheduled Courses

CTMS provides a range of scheduled software training courses which are delivered by expert trainers at Reading, Berkshire, UK. The courses cover a range of licensing concepts and specific licensing rules from vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec and Oracle.

On-Site Training

CTMS can deliver courses on-site at your organisation. Our on-site events are ideal if you require a single course for a small group of staff or extensive training covering a range of our courses. We can also deliver customised training events which include modules from a range of our courses to meet your specific requirements. On-site courses offer you price savings and exceptional convenience with the same quality of expert tuition as our scheduled courses.

Software Licensing Training Courses Reduce Cost Through Knowledge

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Software Licensing Fundamentals Course Reduce Cost Through Knowledge

A certified foundation level course designed to give an understanding of the different license types and looks at which would best suit your organisation. It also covers the different Volume Licensing programmes offered by the major software vendors and their maintenance programmes. This course is ideal for anybody wanting to gain an understanding of licensing and make the most of their organisation’s IT estate.

Introduction to Licensing

What is a License?The end user license agreementUse rights for the different license types: • FPP • OEM • Volume licensing agreements

Vendor Volume Licensing Programmes

Microsoft

• Open License Agreement • Open Value License Agreement • Select and Select Plus • Enterprise Agreement • Software Assurance

Adobe

• Transactional Licensing Programme • Cumulative Licensing Programme • Enterprise Licensing Programme • License Subscription

Symantec

• Express • Rewards • Enterprise Options

Citrix

• Enterprise License Agreement

VMware

• Enterprise License Agreement

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With more complex licensing environments being developed, understanding how to correctly license the organisation’s estate is becoming more challenging. For those with a basic knowledge of licensing, and following on from the Licensing Fundamentals Course, this certified course is designed to give an understanding of the more technical aspects of licensing. This course looks at product use rights and gives an understanding of how server builds can impact licensing with a brief look at virtualisation. This course is aimed at giving IT Procurement and Management the extra information that allows them to review license requirements and remain in control of their software estate.

Product use rights for Microsoft, ADOBE, Citrix and Symantec

Desktop • Applications • Operating systems • Server products • Developer tools • Product Activation • Transferring Licenses • Licensing for Disaster Recovery

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Servers • Server/CAL Licensing • Processor Licensing • Remote Desktop Server • Thin Client Licensing • Virtualisation • SQL server • MOSS• Lync server

Hosting and Software as a Service • The Software Provider License

Agreement • Product Use rights

Software Licensing Advanced Course

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Advanced Licensing for the Virtual Environment – Upgrading Licensing vs. Technology, How to review license requirements, taking into account future plans for Technology Upgrades and the licensing cost impacts.

Virtualisation Principals

Windows Remote/Diskless PC Licensing

Some basic rules for virtualisation • Adobe • Symantec• VMware • Microsoft • Licensing virtual desktops • Licensing Virtual Servers

Licensing Servers in the Virtual Environment • Client Access Licenses • External Connector • Management Servers • Processor Licensing

Extended Use Rights • Windows Server • SQL Server

Software Licensing Advanced Course

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Software Licensing Within a Virtual Environment CourseReduce Cost Through Knowledge

CTMS is being asked more and more frequently how virtualisation will affect licensing projects and as a more common solution throughout organisations, this course has been designed to provide delegates with the best and most up to date information available. The course is provided and run by an industry expert holding over 15 years experience within software licensing, including 6 years as the UK Licensing Manager at Microsoft.

Principles VMWare licensing Licensing Virtual PC’s • Virtual Desktop Access • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack • Adobe • Symantec

Licensing Virtual Servers • Windows • SQL • Remote Desktop and Citrix • The best ways to buy • Adobe • Symantec

In the final hour there will also be opportunity to discuss various scenarios within the virtual environment that you may have encountered as well as common issues that many come across. This is an opportunity to gain invaluable information

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Oracle License Management CourseReduce Cost Through Knowledge

CTMS Oracle Licensing Training consists of two courses, the Contracts Management course, aimed at procurement & contract management and the Oracle License Management Course for Licensing Analysts. These courses provide you with knowledge of the latest licensing rules plus an understanding of the key issues and risks in Oracle Licensing.

The courses will leave you equipped to manage your licenses more effectively, save time and money and avoid costly mistakes. They will also help to provide you with the licensing knowledge required for an Oracle Licensing Review.

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1 Day - Oracle License Management Training Course

• Introduction to Oracle Licensing & SAM positioning Understanding types of IT Architecture (Client Server, 3 Tier, Web based)

• Understanding the Oracle Technology Stack • Understanding Licensing Metric Definitions • Licensing Technology Hosting Environments • Licensing Oracle Database Options • Licensing for Data Recovery Environments • Licensing for Data Transfer Environments • Understanding the different license types • Understanding the different types of Oracle Licensing, migrations & upgrades

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Understand the key issues and risks in Oracle Licensing

Gain the knowledge of the latest licensing rules

Manage your licenses more effectively

save time and money and avoid costly mistakes


Oracle License Management CourseReduce Cost Through Knowledge

• Understanding implications of Virtualisation • Understanding implications of Hard & Soft Partitioning • Understanding Sun , IBM, HP Server Partitioning • Licensing for clustering purposes • Licensing Oracle in the Cloud • Licensing Application Servers • Understanding OPN, Distribution & VM Ware Licensing • Understanding Server Platform Table for Licensing • Understanding License Support Statuses • Understanding Oracle Worksheets & License Grant Reports • Establishing a license baseline position • Optimisation of Oracle License allocation to maximize returns on Oracle

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Onsite courses available

Oracle licensing reviews available

Call CTMS on 0845 130 4544 or Email [email protected] for further information.

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Oracle Contracts Management CourseReduce Cost Through Knowledge

CTMS Oracle Licensing Training consists of two courses, the Contracts Management course, aimed at procurement & contract management and the Oracle License Management Course for Licensing Analysts. These courses provide you with knowledge of the latest licensing rules plus an understanding of the key issues and risks in Oracle Licensing.

The courses will leave you equipped to manage your licenses more effectively, save time and money and avoid costly mistakes. They will also help to provide you with the licensing knowledge required for an Oracle Licensing Review.

1 Day - Oracle Contracts Management Training Course

• Introduction to Oracle Licensing & SAM positioning • Identify the product category of the specific product • Identify the existing license from the Oracle product stack • Identify the existing term of the Oracle product • Identify the license status of the Oracle product • Identify the CSI (Customer Support Identifier) number of the corresponding

Oracle product • Identify the original order number of the Oracle product • Identify the Contract Status Header Type of the Oracle product • Identify the service level of the Oracle product • Understand the terms and conditions as laid out in an OLSA (Oracle Licensing

and Services Agreement) • Understand the products and their prices as listed in the customer ordering

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Oracle Contracts Management CourseReduce Cost Through Knowledge

• Understand how to reconcile the data from the license grants report • Establish a license baseline position from the license grants and license usage • Understand the matching service level policy • Establishing a license baseline position • Optimisation of Oracle License allocation to maximize returns on Oracle

Investment

Onsite courses available

Oracle licensing reviews available

Call CTMS on 0845 130 4544 or Email [email protected] for further information.

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