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Software Management Workspace


The Axonius Software Management workspace provides a comprehensive, automated inventory of all installed software across your devices. By eliminating the need for manual checks, it delivers full context—including device properties, approval status, and EOL and EOS details. This unified view empowers teams to significantly reduce risk, expand visibility, and streamline IT operations.

Products Required for this Workspace

To access and use this workspace, you must have access to Axonius Software Assets.

Adapters Required for this Workspace

To make the most optimal value from this workspace, with minimum dependencies, we recommend you ensure that the following types of adapters are connected:

Additional categories of adapters and a wider range would contribute to enriching the information in some of the charts.

Workspace Assets and Modules

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Note:

Each workspace has its own use-case-focused navigation menu on the left. The assets and modules available from this menu depend upon your access configuration.

You can access the Software asset directly from this workspace. For more information about workspaces, see Using Workspaces.

Use Cases this Workspace Helps You Fulfill

The Software Management Workspace homepage displays charts and KPIs of special interest, divided into functional areas that help you focus on specific use-case information.

Providing a Complete View of All Software

Gaining a single, unified view of all software is essential for customers to get an accurate total count and understand what's in use across their entire environment.

Identifying and Tracking Software that Has Not Been Approved for Use

Customers need to quickly identify and remove any software that hasn't been officially approved by their organization.

Helping You Find and Manage Software that Has Passed Its EOL Date

To mitigate security risks, customers must find all software that has passed its end-of-life date so they can plan for its replacement.

Software Version Control

Standardizing and updating software across their fleet requires customers to easily see all applications with potentially outdated versions.

Classifying and Counting Software by Category

Customers use the workspace to categorize software and analyze its distribution across their environment. This helps them identify redundant applications, consolidate tools, and reduce software spending. For example, by categorizing web browsers, they can easily identify unauthorized software. They can also spot redundant tools and see if different teams are using multiple browsers for the same purpose.

Showing the Number of Devices on Which Software is Installed

To better manage licenses and understand an application's overall footprint, customers need to know how many devices a specific piece of software is installed on (as well as how many devices per version).

Identifying Software with Few Installations

Customers can easily identify and remove one-off, rarely used applications by finding all software with a low number of installations.

Tracking Recently Added Software and the Devices It’s Installed On

Tracking any new software added in the last week helps customers quickly spot and investigate suspicious or unexpected installations.

Viewing and Analyzing Software Post-EOL/EOS

Addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance requires customers to have a comprehensive way to track and manage software that is past its end-of-life or end-of-support date.

Tracking Software Approval Status

Customers benefit from being able to see the overall approval status of all their software, including the number of approved and unapproved applications.

Identifying Devices with Unapproved Software

To take immediate action and remove unapproved software, customers need to identify which specific devices it is installed on.

Providing Data on Software Utilization

Customers need to identify and track software that is installed but not in use, so they can reclaim licenses and reduce wasted spending.

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