I believe the recent changes to managing software licenses is improved with SP 9.0. However we have a situation that I need help with. If this is not currently possible, I am requesting this as a feature in the future.
For the past few years, we have been running 2 separate Service Desk Plus systems. This is because we had 2 separate divisions that operated independently. Each division purchased and maintained their own assets. However recently our IT staff has integrated but the divisions (and Assets) remain separate. Each Division has a central office with Sites located around the world. We need to be able to purchase and assign licenses to a Region that is utilized and tracked at the Sites that fall within that Region. (each purchase is invoiced to one of the two Regions and that asset MUST be used by only the sites within that Region).
Example.
Region 1 -> Purchases Office Pro 2013 OLP usable at Sites A-D and receives its own license.
- Site A
- Site B
- Site C
- Site D
Region 2 -> Purchases Office Pro 2013 OLP usable at Sites E-I and receives its own license.
- Site E
- Site F
- Site G
- Site H
- Site I
So instead of having to assign a license to Site B, I want to be able to assign it to Region 1. Not being able to do this means that we have an increased risk of having unused licenses and unable to use those at another location.