DeJeon Jones Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hey Guys, So I just have a simple question. I'm wonder how exactly does SmartDeploy keep track of licensed computers. Does it match a seat to a computers Serial number, or does it take a computers unique ID? Here is an example that might help with my question. say if we have a computer that is currently has the SmartDeploy Software on it and the computer say is name "ITxxx" then the machine gets re imaged and the name changes to "SDxxx" Would SmartDeploy know its the same computer even after the name has changed? Stupid Question I know... I'm sure I know the answer just want to verify. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hi Dejeon, Not a stupid question at all! Licensing is per deployment. 1 license is used per 1 unique deployment and it's tracked via the machine's hardware. You can re-image the same machine as many times as you want with any operating system we support and still only use 1 license. Renaming does not affect licensing. For more information regarding licensing be sure to read our licensing page here. Some users find the FAQ section at the bottom of the page helpful. Hope that clears everything up! Thanks, Devon SmartDeploy Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJeon Jones Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thanks! That's more or less what I thought, just wanted to clear it up with some Co-Workers. Again thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofata Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 And how exactly do you get information about computer's serial number? The computers in my company contain very sensitive information. How can I be sure that you are not receiving any other information from computers that are deployed by Smartdeploy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartDeploySupport Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 We perform a wmi query on the motherboard to view the devices and IDs, serial number, etc. If you're curious you can download the script we run yourself here. Run that on the target machine and it will output a wmi.txt in the same directory you ran it from. You can then open the vbs in notepad to check it out. The wmi.txt is the output we use to create Platform Packs. Thanks, Devon SmartDeploy Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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