Asset and Contract Management Foundation

This 3-day, instructor-led, hands-on class focuses on the daily tasks and maintenance IT professionals and Altiris administrators will perform with their Altiris solutions. This includes:

• Use configuration management database (CMDB)
• Assess resource and asset inventory
• Manage contracts
• Monitor and manage software compliance

Course Objectives

• Assess your enterprise using the Altiris Agent and inventory scan agents
• Discover in-use applications with Application Metering Solution, and use its agents and policies to determine software license compliance
• Determine which assets and resources need to be tracked in your organization
• Set up a logical hierarchical organization with departments, cost centers, locations, and users
• Create, import, and set up external data sources
• Create a resource hierarchy
• Import and export asset data among different systems and external data sources using Altiris Connector Solution
• Manage all types of contracts and ensure contract compliance
• Set security roles and access levels for Altiris Service & Asset Management Suite workers
• Assess inventory and asset data using Web Reports
• Build a User Console for security and usability

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding and knowledge of Microsoft Windows
• Familiarity with Notification Server, specifically Altiris Inventory Solution and Application Metering Solution
• (Optional, but recommended) Familiarity using VMware
• Attend Service & Asset Management Suite online training

Audience

• IT professionals and Altiris administrators who will be responsible for installing, configuring, and managing an Service & Asset Management Suite Level 2 infrastructure
• Anyone working towards their Altiris Certified Engineer or Enterprise Altiris Certified Engineer certification

Course Details

• Course Number: SAMS-A650
• Duration: 3 days
• Difficulty Level: Introductory