Understanding Software Metering

The software metering functionality provided with Configuration Manager simply tracks software usage on managed systems. The creation of software metering rules can be automated through the properties of the Software Metering node.

To enable autocreation of software metering rules, do the following:

1. From within the ConfigMgr console, select the Assets and Compliance space.

2. Select the Software Metering container, and click the Software Metering Properties action.

3. The autocreation of software metering rules can be enabled or disabled.

Automatically creating the software metering rules simplifies management by determining what is actually being used in the environment and creating a disabledrule to automatically ...

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