You plan to design a SAM program for an organization that has 750 devices located across five offices.
The organization plans to upgrade all devices to Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016. The organization's IT department cannot calculate the software upgrade costs due to the lack of software inventory and current license position data.
You need to complete the required actions so that you can begin the planning process.
Which three actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is wort one point.

• A. Create SAM program proposal.
• B. Assess your organization's SAM program needs.
• C. Develop and document comprehensive SAM policies for presentation to executive stakeholders.
• D. Select a systems management tool you can recommend for automating software deployment and removal.
• E. Obtain executive approval and funding.
• F. Identify an asset inventory tool.

An organization plans to develop a business case for SAM.
The Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) maturity level for the SAM Improvement Plan key competency is Basic. You need to improve the maturity level to Standardized.
What should you do?

• A. Obtain approval for a SAM plan.
• B. Identify roles and staff.
• C. Identify a SAM tool.
• D. Create a project plan Gantt chart for a SAM plan.

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You represent a SAM partner.
A client must consolidate their IT departments into a single business unit. The client was previously assessed in the Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) key competencies and assigned the maturity level of Basic.
Users install software on their own from multiple locations.
You need to help the client progress to the next maturity level.
What should you do?

• A. Publish software deployment reports to stakeholders.
• B. Use information provided by a software publisher.
• C. Maintain updated records of deployed assets.
• D. Create an inventory of deployed assets.
• E. Use software metadata generated by the client.
• F. Deploy only approved software.
• G. Purchase software only from approved vendors.
• H. Formulate a retirement process.

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An organization plans to collect software and hardware inventory information for computers and mobile devices that access internal resources.
The solution must meet the following requirements:
* Specify whether Apple iOS or Android devices are jailbroken or rooted.
* Minimize administrative effort
You need to collect the device data.
What should you use?

• A. System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr)
• B. Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP)
• C. Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)
• D. Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
• E. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
• F. Microsoft Intune
• G. System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr)
• H. Microsoft License Advisor (MLA)

You are an IT asset manager for a company. The company purchases software from approved vendors.
You need to list the software assets for each vendor that require license updates.
For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point