Securing Licensed Software, But also Allowing For Easy Installation
Hello Experts ~ looking for new ideas. (so a simple short answer may not be too helpful for me)
Like every other company, we have many software installers that I'd rather not have copied and wandering around the company (or to home PC's).
Currently, using Active Directory, we only permit folder access to our licensed software to I.T. When an end-user needs an installation, we need to log in as an IT employee and install the software. It's a little tedious, and I'm curious what other companies do.
I've pondered many different ideas, and we even have a remote software installation/delivery implementation from CA, but these are always very complex to setup (correctly and work efficiently) and extremely time-consuming to maintain. We really dont have the time for these ~ at least the ones I've worked with.
Any thoughts?
Like every other company, we have many software installers that I'd rather not have copied and wandering around the company (or to home PC's).
Currently, using Active Directory, we only permit folder access to our licensed software to I.T. When an end-user needs an installation, we need to log in as an IT employee and install the software. It's a little tedious, and I'm curious what other companies do.
I've pondered many different ideas, and we even have a remote software installation/delivery implementation from CA, but these are always very complex to setup (correctly and work efficiently) and extremely time-consuming to maintain. We really dont have the time for these ~ at least the ones I've worked with.
Any thoughts?
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I'm curious with the license server mentioned by "tzucker." It sounds like the software package is modified? How is this possible with something like Office?
sravi2208: I've looked at System Center ~ would definitely be an option if we were a little bigger. We've got a competitors asset management and software delivery solution, and it's really a burden to implement and support, given the size and time-available of our team. Of course, since our entire network is M$, I would think System Center would be a little easier. Future option maybe.
I was trying to remember what was done at the larger companies I've worked for in the past, but couldn't really remember (the technology has evolved a ton anyway). I was really wondering if someone integrated some Active Directory Groups & File/Folder-level permissions solution that I haven't thought of yet. :-) Sounds like Software Delivery solutions are really the most secure (and simple for end users).