Hi Victor,
Depending on the license, the linked application itself can make the difference in what is consumed, like "Windows 10 Professional" vs. "Windows Server 2019 Standard". If you have the same application on different types of devices, you have a few approaches, each with their pros and cons:
- Allocations: E. g. use a Business Import to implement your allocation logic. With some SQL magic, you should be able to figure out which devices to allocate to one license and which to another.
- Ownership & Restrictions: If one of the ownership metrics (location, corporate unit, cost center) is unused, you could use it as a workaround. Just create your own device hierarchy. Then use Restrictions to limit your licenses to unly consume from a specific location/corporate unit/cost center. You'll have to keep an eye on the "License consumption order" as well.
Allocations should be easier to implement, Ownership and restrictions *may* result in a little bit better transparency in why a device was counted (or not).
Best regards,
Markward
