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AWS License Manager

What is it​

A service that makes it easier to manage your software licenses from vendors (such as Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and IBM) across all AWS accounts and on-premises.

What it's for​

Help control license usage, optimize costs, and ensure compliance with licensing terms.

Use cases​

  • Centralized management of software licenses
  • License cost optimization
  • Ensuring compliance with licensing terms
  • Preventing license overuse
  • Generating license usage reports

Key points​

  • Centralized management: Provides a single view of all your licenses
  • License rules: Allows defining rules to control license usage
  • Discovery and tracking: Helps discover and track license usage in EC2 instances and on-premises servers
  • Integration: Integrates with AWS Systems Manager, AWS Organizations, and other AWS services
  • Cost optimization: Helps avoid additional costs from license overuse

Comparison​

  • AWS License Manager: Automates and centralizes license management, reducing complexity, errors, and non-compliance risks. Ideal for organizations with a large number of software licenses.
  • Manual license management: Error-prone, time-consuming, and difficult to scale, especially in complex environments with many licenses and servers.