Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Software Asset Management (SAM) Program (70-123)

Exam Objective and Sub-Objective:

Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed below.

1. Making the Business Case for SAM

• Gather information about the customer's environment.
• Describe the aspects, approach, and targets of SAM to the customer.
• Communicate the customer's role in a successful SAM program.

2. Analyzing and Revising SAM Policies and Procedures

• Analyze the customer's SAM/IT policies and procedures.
• Revise, develop, and integrate new SAM policies and procedures.
• Assess the effectiveness of policies and procedures. 

3. Evaluating and Selecting Tools for Software Asset Management

• Check available and acquired tools in the customer's organization.
• Select the appropriate types of tools for the customer's SAM solution.
• Evaluate the existing license management system or available license management systems.
• Specify which information to track in a software inventory database.
• Specify which information to track in a license inventory database.

4. Performing a SAM Inventory

• Create a license inventory.
• Create software inventory.

5. Analyzing Inventories and Reporting Result

• Analyze software inventory.
• Analyze license inventory.
• Match licenses to software inventory.
• Write an expert report.

6. Defining and Analyzing Licensing Solutions

• Analyze existing licensing agreements.
• Propose alternative licensing options.

Exam Detail:

Number of Question:	45
Type of Questions:	Hot Area, Active Screen, Drag and Drop, Build List and Reorder, Create a Tree, Windows 2000 Simulation
Passing Score:	700
Time Duration:	175 min