Summary
Microsoft Licenses Consumptions and Optimizations Custom Reports
Synopsis
The attached documents building a custom view to give details about Microsoft server and desktop consumptions and gives optimization guidance for Windows Server (Processor metric up to Windows Server 2016, then Core metric from Windows Server 2016 on) and SQL Server.
For example, the view brings visibility containing the following data:
- The hierarchical structure of consumption, servers by server, license by license, like displays in the consumption tab of the licenses details for all licenses
- The list of covered applications (practical when multiple versions or editions are installed)
- Everything to tell the story: number of cores, processors, core factor, licensable cores (or processors)
- Optimization recommendations for Windows Server and SQL Server for ESX servers
