What to do in the event of a Microsoft audit and how to avoid any problems

With the support of industry experts we try to explain how Microsoft implements its audit policy and what the consequences are in case of non-compliance of the usage agreement.

As an IT manager you can be subject at any time to an audit request from Microsoft. This can be explicit (formalized through an official letter according to the procedures provided for in the agreements between the parties) or hidden in the form of "free" assessment or advice.

Microsoft has a habit of subjecting its customers to checks of the software installed in very specific situations, both because, knowing the customer, they may have the feeling that the installed fleet is higher than the one purchased, and because we are in the vicinity of contractual renewals or investments of corporate transformations from which Microsoft can benefit.

It is important at all times to have timely control of your application park, having reliable inventories and a perfect command of your software assets

How much will a company cost? software audit

Whatever type of verification is incurred, this can have important repercussions not only because you are in the condition of having to purchase the software used retroactively (i.e. as if it had been installed since the last true up => increase in quantities) without any possibility of negotiating prices and methods, but above all it will be necessary to involve personnel in the collection of information and in the management of disputes by diverting them from their operational activities.