Microsoft Assessment and

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Software Usage Tracker User Guide

Version 5.5

Published: January, 2011

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Contents

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Over view
The Software Usage Tracker feature in the Microsoft® Assessment and Planning (MAP)
Toolkit helps gather data on users and devices that access Microsoft core server
products in your environment. This data can significantly simplify the inventory process
for client access license (CAL) reporting.
This document provides instructions on how to use the Usage Tracker. For more
information about which Microsoft server product versions Usage Tracker reports on, see
Appendix A, “Supported Server Products.”

Reporting Limitations
The information in the Software Usage Tracker reports that the MAP Toolkit generates
are subject to many limitations. The information these reports contain does not constitute
legal, accounting, or other professional advice. These reports are for informational
purposes only and should not be used as the sole source of information for determining
software license usage compliance.
Software Usage Tracker reports should be used as a baseline for CAL usage analysis
rather than as an authoritative summary of software usage. Due to the wide variety of
ways that software can be deployed and inventoried in your environment, the Software
Usage Tracker cannot always produce accurate counts of server software and access to
that software. For more information about scenarios that could lead to inaccurate
reporting, see Appendix B, “Examples of Limiting Scenarios.”

Pr epar e Your Envir onment

The process that you will follow to prepare your environment to use the Usage Tracker
depends on what server product you want to track. The following steps will help you:
• Meet MAP Toolkit prerequisites
• Configure log files

Meet MAP Toolkit Prerequisites

The Software Usage Tracker feature uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
and the Remote Registry Service to discover and inventory some Microsoft server
products. Ensure you configure them as described in the “Preparing Your Environment”
section of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit: Getting Started Guide.

Configure Log Files

The Usage Tracker gathers information about users and devices that access your
servers. For some server products, it analyzes log files and system information to provide
data that you can use to track usage of server software. To prepare to use Usage
Tracker, you must first configure your computers to generate log files that contain the
data necessary for usage tracking analyses. You will require log files for the following
products:
• Windows Server®
• Microsoft SQL Server® 2008
• Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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Windows Server Usage

To capture logon information the Audit Logon policy needs to be set to “Success,” which
is the default for all Windows Server operating systems since Windows Server 2003. You
can also set this configuration manually in the Group Policy Management Console
(GPMC) or automatically using the Auditpol.exe command-line tool.
For more information about these Group Policy settings, see the following resources:
• For Windows Server 2008, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 921469 at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921469.
• For Windows Server 2003, see Define or modify auditing policy settings for an event
category at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc787268(WS.10).aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc787268(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_1..

SQL Server Usage

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter Editions introduced audit event
configuration for Windows security logging, which enabled SQL Server 2008 to log logon
events to the Windows Security log. The MAP Toolkit can parse these logs to track usage
for SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter Editions.
To enable SQL Server 2008 to log audit events to the Windows security log
• On each SQL Server 2008 instance for which you need to track usage, run the
following SQL command.
/* Turn LOGIN logging on */
USE MASTER
GO
/* Note: the name 'Server_Audit' is your choice */
CREATE SERVER AUDIT [Server_Audit]
TO SECURITY_LOG WITH ( QUEUE_DELAY = 1000, ON_FAILURE =
CONTINUE);
ALTER SERVER AUDIT [Server_Audit]
WITH (STATE = ON);

USE MASTER
GO
/* Note: the name 'login_audit' is your choice */
CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION [login_audit]
FOR SERVER AUDIT Server_Audit
ADD (SUCCESSFUL_LOGIN_GROUP) WITH (STATE = ON);

Configure the Audit Object Access Setting

The Audit object access setting must be configured to capture the events. The best way
to do this varies depending on your operating system. To write to the Windows Security
log, the account that the SQL Server service is running under must have the Generate
Security Audits permission to write to the Windows Security log. By default, the LOCAL
SERVICE and the NETWORK SERVICE accounts have this permission. This step is not
required if SQL Server is running under one of those accounts. You must have
Administrator privileges on the computer to configure these settings.

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To use Auditpol.exe to configure the Audit object access setting for

Windows Vista® or Windows Server 2008 or later
1. Open a command prompt with administrative permissions.
a. On the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, right-click
Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
b. If the User Account Control dialog box opens, click Continue.
2. Run the following statement to enable auditing from SQL Server.
auditpol /set /subcategory:"application generated"
/success:enable /failure:enable
3. Close the command prompt window.
This setting takes effect immediately.

To use Secpol.msc to configure the Audit object access setting for

Windows® operating systems earlier than Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. Type secpol.msc and then click OK. If the User Access Control dialog box
appears, click Continue.
3. In the Local Security Policy tool, expand Security Settings, expand Local
Policies, and then click Audit Policy.
4. In the results pane, double-click Audit object access.
5. On the Local Security Setting tab, in the Audit these attempts area, select
both Success and Failure.
6. Click OK.
7. Close the Security Policy tool.
This setting takes effect immediately.

To use Secpol.msc to grant the Generate Security Audits permission to an account

1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. Type secpol.msc and then click OK. If the User Access Control dialog box
appears, click Continue.
3. In the Local Security Policy tool, expand Security Settings, expand Local
Policies, and then click User Rights Assignment.
4. In the results pane, double-click Generate security audits.
5. On the Local Security Setting tab, click Add User or Group.
6. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, either type the name of
the user account, such as domain1\user1 and then click OK, or click Advanced
and search for the account.
7. Click OK.
8. Close the Security Policy tool.
This setting takes effect when SQL Server is restarted.

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To stop monitoring SQL Server 2008 logon events to the Windows Security log
• If you want to stop monitoring logon events for SQL Server 2008, on each
SQL Server 2008 instance for which you want to stop monitoring events, run the
following SQL command.

/* Turn LOGIN logging off */

use MASTER
GO
ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION [login_audit] WITH (STATE =
OFF);
DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION [login_audit];
ALTER SERVER AUDIT [Server_Audit] WITH (STATE = OFF);
DROP SERVER AUDIT [Server_Audit];

Note For more information about how to configure these security settings, see How to: Write
Server Audit Events to the Security Log at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc645889.aspx.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Usage

To capture access information for supported versions of Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server or Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, configure the generation of
Internet Information Services (IIS) logs on the servers for which you plan to monitor client
access.
Note For a list of supported versions, see Appendix A, “Supported Server Products.”
You must configure IIS logging in the W3C log file format (called "W3C Extended" on
some operating systems) with the following fields included:
• date
• time
• s-sitename
• s-computername
• s-ip
• s-port
• cs-uri-stem
• cs-uri-query
• cs-username
• c-ip
• sc-status
SharePoint or IIS administrators might use W3C logging for other reasons. If these
administrators require additional fields to be logged, they can add those fields to the
configuration. However, administrators should not remove any of the fields that the
Usage Tracker requires.
For information about enabling W3C logging in IIS, see:
• Configuring Logging in IIS 7 on Microsoft TechNet at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc732079(WS.10).aspx.
• How to enable logging in Internet Information Services (IIS) at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313437.

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Inventor y Your Computer s

The first step toward using Usage Tracker in your environment is to inventory your
computers. This process involves setting up the Inventory and Assessment Wizard to use
slightly different criteria than for other scenarios that MAP supports.
Note As a best practice, inventory your environment every 90 days unless you experience
significant seasonal shifts, in which case consider an assessment at the end of your busy season.

Specify Credentials
The process of identifying server roles and tracking usage in your environment
requires different types of collector technology, depending on the software usage you
choose to report on. Each technology requires its own credentials.
Note For more information about how to specify credentials, see the “Discovery Methods”
section in MAP Help.
These technologies are:
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Product information is found in
WMI on discovered computers. The Inventory and Assessment Wizard uses this
information to locate the servers that have the software you chose to track.
• System Center Configuration Manager. MAP can discover and collect hardware,
software, and usage details from System Center Configuration Manager. If you want
to use this method, you need to provide credentials for the SMS Provider of the
Configuration Manager server you want to use for discovery. MAP collects
information about all the clients managed by any Configuration Manager site known
by the Configuration Manager server for which credentials are provided. To learn
more about the required permissions for accessing the SMS Provider, see About the
SMS Admins Group on Microsoft TechNet.
• SQL Server. In addition to WMI, MAP collects certain information directly from each
SQL Server instance. If you need to collect usage information from SQL Server, you
need to provide credentials to SQL Servers running on your network.
• Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS). Microsoft Exchange mailbox and
server configuration information is located in AD DS. The MAP Toolkit requires
credentials that have access to read the Active Directory schema from the root forest
of your environment.

Step 1: Determine Which Credentials You Require

To determine which credentials are required for your scenario, consult the following table.
This table lists the inventory scenario and collector technologies that MAP requires to
inventory each server product for software usage tracking. You can use a table like this to
organize the information that you will need for the Inventory and Assessment Wizard.
When the account for the credentials is a domain account, include the domain name. For
example, Domain\AccountName or AccountName@Domain.
Table 1. Credentials Required for Inventory
Server Product Inventory Collector Credentials
Scenario Technology
Windows Server Windows-based WMI Account:
computers Password:
System Center Windows-based SMS Provider Account:
Configuration computers Password:
Manager
WMI Account:
Password:

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Server Product Inventory Collector Credentials

Scenario Technology
Office SharePoint Windows-based WMI Account:
Server computers Password:
Office SharePoint Windows-based WMI Account:
Portal Server 2003 computers Password:
Exchange Server Exchange Active Directory Account:
Server Password:
WMI Account:
Password:
Microsoft SQL SQL Server WMI Account:
Server Password:
Windows Account:
Authentication Password:
SQL Server Account:
Authentication Password:

Note To assess Exchange Server usage, the MAP Toolkit collects information about active
mailboxes in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The credentials that you provide should
have the required privileges to enumerate mailboxes, groups, and users in AD DS.
To assess Configuration Manager agent count, the MAP Toolkit collects information from the
Configuration Manager servers. The credentials that you provide should have adequate privileges
to collect data from the Configuration Manager server you supply.

Step 2: Configure Credentials

In the Inventory and Assessment Wizard, on the Inventory Scenarios page, choose the
scenario for the Microsoft server products for which you want to track software usage.

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Figure 1. Inventory Scenarios page

Step 3: Choose Discovery Method

There are six discovery method options. Configuration Manager requires that the System
Center Configuration Manager discovery method be used to report correctly on
Configuration Manager and Microsoft Systems Management Server servers and agents.
This guide describes how to use the Active Directory Domain Services and the System
Center Configuration Manager methods.
On the Discovery Methods page, select the Use Active Directory Domain Services and
Use System Center Configuration Manager options.

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Figure 2. Discovery Methods page

Step 4: Specify Credentials

On the Active Directory Credentials page, in the appropriate text boxes, enter the
domain, domain account, and password that the MAP Toolkit can use to connect to
Active Directory, and then click Next.

Figure 3. Active Directory Credentials page

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On the SCCM Server and Credentials page, in the appropriate text boxes, enter the
name of the Configuration Manager primary site server at the top of the System Center
Configuration Manager hiearchy against which you want to track usage. The primary site
entered and all of its child sites will be included in Configuration Manager software usage
reports. Enter the credentials required to access the Configuration Manager WMI
provider on the site server you provided. Click Next.

Figure 4. SCCM Server and Credentials page

Step 5: Determine Which Method to Use to Provide

Credentials
The next step in the process is to choose which method to use for providing credentials.
If you choose to use the All Computers Credentials option, you will define a set of
credentials that the MAP Toolkit will use to access the computers you plan to inventory.
Note You can also opt to Enter Computers Manually or Import Computers from File. For
more information about these options, see the “Discovery Methods” section in MAP Help.

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Figure 5. The All Computers Credentials page before you create accounts
On the All Computers Credentials page, click Create to create the accounts that the
Inventory and Assessment Wizard uses to complete the inventory process for the
collector technologies (WMI, SQL Server, and so on) that you need to use, as specified
earlier.

Figure 6. The Account Entry dialog box

In the Account Entry dialog box, in the Credential section, fill in the appropriate boxes
to create a new account. In the Technology section, select the check boxes that
correspond to the technologies to which this account applies, and then click Save to save
this account or click Save and New if you need to create additional accounts.

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Figure 7. The All Computers Credentials page displaying created accounts

Step 6: Sequence Credentials

After you have created the accounts that you plan to use, you can sequence the list of
credentials for each collector technology. For each technology, the Inventory and
Assessment Wizard will try the credentials in the order in which they appear in the list.
To sequence credentials, in the left column, click Credentials Order.

Figure 8. Credentials Order page

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Step 7: Summary Review

The Summary Review page verifies that all selected scenarios have credentials listed for
the appropriate collector technologies. It also verifies that at least one discovery method
was chosen for identifying computers. Review the summary to ensure that you have
entered all of your settings correctly, and then click Finish to start the inventory.
Note Any verification that fails is listed as an error at the top of the review pane under the
Errors node. You must resolve any errors before you can run the inventory.

Par se Logs
Note You only need to parse logs for the software listed in the “Configure Log Files” section of
this guide. If you are tracking usage on server software that does not require log files, you can
skip this section and move on to the “Analyze the Results” section.
For accurate analysis of software usage in your environment, you will need to ensure that
your computers have generated logs for the appropriate time period. We recommend that
you have 90 days of log files generated prior to proceeding.
After you confirm that your logs have been accumulated for the appropriate amount of
time, and you have finished the inventory process, you are ready to parse the logs and
analyze software usage. To proceed, copy all relevant Windows and IIS logs from your
servers, and store them in a location that is accessible by the computer that is running
the MAP Toolkit (and by the logged on user).
Important Before you parse the log files, ensure that you inventory the servers that created
the log files you want to parse. You must connect the MAP Toolkit to the appropriate MAP
database (the database that contains the inventory data of the servers from which the logs
came.) This is necessary because, for proper data processing, the data from parsing the logs
must be mapped to the inventoried servers. Only parse log files for supported software versions
and editions. See Appendix A, “Supported Server Products,” in this document for a complete list
of supported software.

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To parse logs
1. In the MAP Toolkit, click the Software Usage Tracker wunderbar, and then, in
the navigation pane, click Log Parsing Overview.

Figure 9. Log Parsing Overview

2. In the results pane, click Configure Log Parser.
The Specify Log File Paths dialog box opens.
3. Click the Add button.
The Browse for Folder dialog box opens.
4. Choose the directory on the local computer where the files are located. If the files
are in a shared network directory, in the Folder box, type the shared path, for
example \\server_name\logs\. The MAP Toolkit does not perform a recursive
folder search, so you must list the full directory structure name for each location
of log files you want parsed.
5. After you add all the directories where the log files reside to the Specify Log File
Paths dialog box, click Save.
The Log Parsing Overview page opens.
6. Click Parse Logs.
A Status dialog box opens to show the progress of the log parsing process.
7. In the navigation pane, expand the Log Parsing Overview node and then click
Log Files to monitor the results of the files as they are being parsed. The
information shown is static. To refresh the pane and view the most current status,
click Log Files again.

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Figure 10. The Log Files pane

The Log Files pane shows data about the logs being parsed, including:
• Processed. The number of log files that have been parsed.
• Unprocessed. The number of log files that have yet to be parsed.
• Errored. The number of log files that could not be parsed completely due to
errors in the format of the log file. Some events in an Errored log file may be
parsed if the row that has the event is in the correct format. The Log File Details
worksheet in the generated report states which log files had errors. Use this
report to troubleshoot why the log could not be parsed correctly.
• Total. The total number of log files that the Log Parser attempted to parse. This
value should be equal to the total number of log files in the directories you
configured for the Log Parser.
• Computer System Name. The name of the server that logged the event. You
can also choose to group the displayed information by Log File Name.
• Log File Name. The name of the log file being parsed.
• Events. The number of events contained in the log file.
• Start Date. The date of the first logged event.
• End Date. The date of the last logged event.

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8. In the navigation pane, click Instance Summary to view a summary of the

parsed data held in the current MAP database.

Figure 11. Instance Summary pane

The Instance Summary pane shows data that came from the parsed log files,
including:
• Software Instance. The name of the server software that was inventoried.
• Computer System Name. The name of the computer hosting the server
software. You can also choose to group the displayed information by Software
Instance.
• Start Date. Event time stamp for the first event recorded in the log.
• End Date. Event time stamp for the last event recorded in the log.
• User Count. The total number of users associated with an authorized logon.
• Device Count. The total number of devices associated with an authorized logon.

Anal yze the Results

The MAP Toolkit generates a series of server inventory and software usage tracking
reports that you can use to significantly simplify the “true-up” process for software asset
management. You can also gather this data multiple times, to analyze usage trends and
plan future growth and acquisition of the necessary licenses.
Note If you choose to gather this data multiple times, use a new MAP database each time.
Information about computers that were successfully inventoried previously but have since
changed would not be updated if you use an old database.
Each of these reports allows you to quickly filter results to find detailed information about
each Microsoft core server product discovered during the inventory process, and
authenticated access to each product. You can use these reports to help determine your
server license and CAL needs for the server products.

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To analyze the results, you need to:

• Review the software usage summary
• Interpret reports
• Use report data

Review Software Usage Summary

The Software Usage Summary pane provides an overview of the server and usage data
collected for each server product you inventoried. In general, summary reports list the
version of the product found, the total number of users, and the total number of devices
that connected during a given range of time. Client access is divided into two categories:
users and devices. When applicable, the type of access is divided into total and
enterprise.

Figure 12. Software Usage Summary

Configure the Date Range

You can set a date range for the period of usage data you want to view. The date range
that you set affects all reports under the Software Usage Summary node. For example, if
you set the date range while viewing the Windows Server report pane and then traverse
to the Office SharePoint Server report pane, the date range remains the same. If you
want to report on data over a different period of time than you set for Windows Server
usage, you will need to reconfigure the date range.
You can configure the date range while viewing any of the panes under the Software
Usage Summary node.
To configure the date range
1. In the Actions pane, click the Configure Date Range task.
The Configure Date Range dialog box appears.

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Figure 13. Configure Date Range dialog box

2. Click the Range drop-down list to select a given range or click Custom to set
your own dates, and then click Save.
You have the option to select:
• Custom. The date range that you set must be within the span of time for which
events exist in parsed logs. Therefore, it must begin no earlier than the first
recorded date for an event, and end no later than the last recorded date for an
event. In addition, the end date cannot be after the current date.
• Earliest to date. This option sets the date range from the earliest recorded client
access date to the current date for inventoried server products. If you are viewing
a combination of server products, the earliest date of any one of the combined
products is used.
Note For server products that use parsed log files, this date is the earliest date found
among all log files parsed. For server products that use MAP inventory data, this date is
the date of the inventory.
• Past 7 days. The past seven days including the current date.
• Past 30 days. The past 30 days including the current date.
• Past 60 days. The past 60 days including the current date.
• Past 90 days. The past 90 days including the current date.
The date range that you configure is used for all software usage reports generated
and will show at the top of each report pane you view.
Note The format for the start and end dates in the Log Files and Instance Summary panes
is as follows: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss UTC
For example, 2010-03-09 12:45:21 would be March 9th in the year 2010 at 12:45 and 21
seconds P.M. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Distinct Usage of Combined Products Summary

This section compiles the count of users and devices that access at least one of the
server products in the compiled list. This count is useful for special packaged CALs, such
as Microsoft Core CALs, that only require one CAL per user or device to access multiple
server products. A user or device that accesses more than one server product counts as
one distinct usage for all products; not as one usage for each product. For example, if
you select the check boxes for Windows Server, Office SharePoint Server, and Office
SharePoint Server Enterprise Servers, a user who logs on to Windows Server and an
enterprise SharePoint server counts as one distinct usage.

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Figure 14. Combined Product Distinct Usage summary

To configure the Combined Products Distinct Usage summary

1. In the Actions pane, click the Configure Combined Products task.
The Configure Combined Products dialog box appears.

Figure 15. The Configure Combined Products dialog box

2. Select the check boxes for the products you want to combine for reporting, and
then click Save.
On the Software Usage Summary pane, the list of products you chose to report on
will be listed above the table that summarizes distinct usage of combined products.

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Interpret Reports
You can use Software Usage reports to help verify compliance and analyze current
licensing needs. Summary reports provide a count of users or devices for all servers of a
given type for the date range that you configure. Detailed reports provide information
about specific users or devices and the servers they accessed. You can use these
reports to analyze software usage to determine whether device CALs or user CALs would
more effectively meet your needs.
Software Usage reports should be used as a baseline for CAL usage analysis rather than
as an authoritative summary of software usage. Additionally, the number of servers from
which software usage is reported might differ from the number of servers inventoried if
the security event logs for all servers are not configured to log success logon events.

Generate Reports
At any time while viewing reports in the Software Usage Summary pane or in a specific
server product pane, you can generate a report. To create a report, in the Actions pane,
click the Generate Report task.
If you click the Generate Report task while viewing the Software Usage Summary pane,
the tool will generate a report for each server product. The Combined Products Distinct
Usage summary data is not generated as a report.
To generate a report on only one product, in the navigation pane, browse to the node for
the product for which you want to generate a report, and then, in the Actions pane, click
Generate Report.
Note To ensure you have the most accurate information, run an inventory just prior to parsing
log files and generating reports.

Summary Results
To view a summary of the data before generating a full software usage report, expand
the Software Usage Summary node in the navigation pane, and then click the name of a
server product. The results pane displays an overview of the usage data for each server
product version and edition.

Detailed Reports
For each server product for which you configured usage tracking, there will be a detailed
report. The detailed reports, which are generated as Excel® workbooks, have inventory
and usage data detailed for each server on which the product is installed. You can use
the detailed report to filter for the information required for determining license usage for
server product and client access.
Each detailed report has several worksheets. The following sections describe the
information listed in each worksheet.

Server Summary Worksheet

This sheet lists each version of the product that was discovered and the total number of
users and devices that accessed each version. Use this worksheet if you need to know
about license and client access data on a per product version basis.

Farm and Server Summary Worksheet

This sheet lists each server that was found to have a supported version of Office
SharePoint Server installed. This information is detected via WMI inventory. The Log File
Availability column indicates whether any IIS log files were found to contain information
about this server. The Sites Found in Parsed Logs column indicates whether any IIS
log files were found to contain one or more accesses to sites on this particular server.
When a row lists Success for WMI Status and No for Log File Availability, Office
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SharePoint Server was discovered on the server, but no IIS log file for usage data was
parsed for that server. If a row lists Yes for Log File Availability and No for Sites Found
in Parsed Logs, one or more log files were parsed for this server, but no accesses were
recorded by Software Usage Tracker.

Server Details Worksheet

This worksheet lists information for each server on which the product was found during
inventory. It can include such information as: installed server product, product roles
configured for each server, services that the product installed, the operating system on
which the product is installed, whether it is a physical computer or virtual machine, and
computer hardware information, such as the number of CPUs. If you feel the Server
Summary page does not give you the data you require to determine server and CAL
counts, you can filter on the data in the Server Details and Client Access Details
worksheets to find the information you need for your environment.

Client Access Summary Worksheet

This worksheet lists the name of each computer found to have the software product
installed. For each server, the data shows the number of unique users and devices that
accessed it, for the range of time you configured. Additional information for each
computer may be provided for specific server products.

Client Access Details Worksheet

This worksheet lists all unique connections that accessed each server, as found in the log
files. For each unique connection, the worksheet indicates the date of the most recent
access to the server. A unique connection is a distinct combination of computer name,
user name, and name or IP address of the device that accessed the software. This data
is very detailed and can take up numerous rows in the worksheet. This is the data used
to determine the total number of client and device connections to each server for a
specific software product. You may need to use this data to analyze findings in summary
data. You can also use the detail data to determine if anomalies you find are due to
missing usage data.

Mailbox Details Worksheet

This worksheet lists all unique mailboxes and the name of the Exchange Server on which
the mailbox resides. For each unique mailbox, the worksheet lists the email address
associated with the mailbox, the user name of the mailbox owner and what, if any,
enterprise features are assigned to the mailbox. This data is very detailed and can take
up numerous rows in the worksheet. This is the data used to determine the total number
of user mailboxes and enterprise user mailboxes as shown on the Overview and Server
Summary worksheets. You may need to use this data to analyze findings in summary
data. You can also use the detail data to determine if anomalies you find are due to
missing mailbox data.

Log File Details Worksheet

Usage data for some software products is extracted from log files. For these products,
the accuracy of user and device access information given in the report is based on the
log files that were parsed. Use this worksheet to determine whether the correct log files
were parsed and if there were any issues parsing any log files.
Note You may find additional product-specific worksheets in some of the Usage Tracker reports.
The Exchange Server Report has a mailbox worksheet that provides details about various
mailboxes. The System Center Configuration Manager report does not have a Log File Details
worksheet because log files are not used to track Configuration Manager servers or clients.

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Use Report Data

You can use the reports that the Software Usage Tracker generates to learn a lot about
software usage in your environment. Microsoft offers a series of white papers to help
customers better understand product licensing and to provide guidance to simplify
compliance with software licensing. You can use the information from Usage Tracker
along with the guidance in these white papers to get a fairly complete view of your client
access license needs. Refer to the “Additional Tools, Products and Services” section of
the appropriate white paper to learn how to use the usage reports for license and CAL
analysis. You can download the white papers from the About Licensing site at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=191544

For Mor e Infor mation

For more information about the Software Usage Tracker feature of the MAP Toolkit, refer
to the sources listed below.

MAP Toolkit Help

For more information about the Software Usage Tracker, see MAP Help.

Frequently Asked Questions

For answers to frequently asked questions about the Software Usage Tracker feature of
the MAP Toolkit, see the MAP Toolkit Frequently Asked Questions at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=157860.

Obtain Product Support

Support for the MAP Toolkit is provided through Microsoft Product Support Services
(PSS). Premier customers should contact Premier Support for assistance. Support
offerings and regional contact information for support can be found on the Microsoft
Support site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155704.

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A ppendix A: Suppor ted Ser ver

Pr oducts
The following products are supported by the Software Usage Tracker feature:

Windows Server
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2000

Microsoft SQL Server

• SQL Server 2008 R2
• SQL Server 2008

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

• Office SharePoint Server 2010
• Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Microsoft Exchange Server

• Exchange Server 2010
• Exchange Server 2007
• Exchange Server 2003

System Center Configuration Manager

• Configuration Manager 2007 R2
• Configuration Manager 2007
• Systems Management Server 2003 R2
• Systems Management Server 2003

Additional Information
All editions of the listed server products that require a server license are reported in the
Software Usage Tracker report for that server product.
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter editions are the only SQL Server editions
that MAP Toolkit will report usage on. All other editions will be reported on for server
license information.

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A ppendix B: Examples of Limiting

Scenarios
There are a variety of reasons why the information that the Software Usage Tracker
gathers could be inaccurate. This appendix describes some of those reasons.

The discovery methods you choose in the Inventory and Assessment Wizard are
not able to find all computers in your environment. For example, if you choose the IP
Address Range method and the IP addresses for some servers are outside of the
configured range, those servers would not be inventoried.

One or more servers did not accept the credentials provided to log on to WMI. If no
configured credentials are accepted by the remote server, the inventory for installed
server software cannot occur and no server products will be associated with the
computer name.

One or more servers were not turned on during discovery or inventory. If a

discovery method is chosen that requires MAP to browse for computers on a network,
those computers that are turned off will not be discovered and placed in the MAP
database. Also, even if a server that is turned off is discovered, such as in Active
Directory Domain Services (AD DS), MAP would still not be able connect to the server to
complete the inventory process.

Missing log files. Missing log files for Windows Server, SQL Server, and Office
SharePoint Server can cause the count of users and devices that access those servers to
be incorrect.

Incorrectly configured log files. Windows event and IIS log files that are not configured
to the specifications described in this guide will prevent the correct usage count to be
parsed from these logs.

Computers aren’t connected to the network. The inventory process determines which
computers have a System Center Configuration Manager agent running on them. If the
inventory occurs when one of these computers is not connected to the network, such as
when a mobile computer is used outside of the network, agents running on these
computers will not be counted.

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A ppendix C: Manuall y Deter mine

Of fice Shar ePoint Ser ver Edition
This appendix describes how to use manual methods to determine which edition of
Office SharePoint Server you are running.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 did not license in the same way as newer versions
so the concept of “Standard” and “Enterprise” is not relevant. Depending on the context,
the Usage Tracker reports accesses to this version as Standard or Not Applicable (N/A).

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

To view your current license type for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
1. On the Central Administration home page, click the Operations tab.
2. In the Upgrade and Migration section, click the Enable Enterprise Features
link.
If your farm is Enterprise, the Enterprise option is selected, with the controls dimmed
to indicate that they are unavailable.

Figure 16. Enterprise Feature Set Selected

Otherwise, the Standard option is selected and the controls will be active to allow
you to upgrade to Enterprise.
MAP inventory looks at a registry key on the system to determine whether a server
running Office SharePoint Server 2007 is Enterprise or Standard. The registry location for
Office SharePoint Server 2007 is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Office Server\12.0. The key named OfficeServerPremium will have the value 1 for an
Enterprise server, and 0 for a Standard server.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010

To view your current license type for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010
1. On the Central Administration home page, click the Operations tab.
2. In the Upgrade and Migration section, click the Convert farm license type link.

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If your farm is Enterprise, the Current License section will indicate SharePoint
Server with Enterprise Client Access License.

Figure 17. Current License Set as Enterprise Client Access

If your farm is Standard, the Current License section will indicate SharePoint
Server with Standard Client Access License and controls will be active to allow
you to upgrade to Office SharePoint Server with an Enterprise Access License.
MAP inventory looks at a registry key on the system to determine whether a server
running Office SharePoint Server 2010 is Enterprise or Standard. The registry location for
Office SharePoint Server 2010 is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS\InstalledProducts. Within this
location, there will be keys named with GUIDs. The following values for the key named
with the GUID {90140000-110D-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE} indicate license type:
• 88BED06D-8C6B-4E62-AB01-546D6005FE97 = Enterprise trial
• D5595F62-449B-4061-B0B2-0CBAD410BB51 = Enterprise licensed
• B2C0B444-3914-4ACB-A0B8-7CF50A8F7AA0 = Standard trial
• 3FDFBCC8-B3E4-4482-91FA-122C6432805C = Standard licensed

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