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      scottalanmiller @marcinozga
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      @marcinozga said in MS Audit???:

      I actually told them they'd have to pay me $300/h to do the audit, I won't do their work for free.

      Yup, that's totally an option.

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        smartkid808
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        I had it once, and thought the same thing, mandatory. But, even if I knew it was voluntary, I probably still would have done it anyway to force the company I worked for to get compliant (and upgrade a bunch of old dyeing PCs). So for me the self audit helped 🙂 lol.

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          scottalanmiller @smartkid808
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          @smartkid808 said in MS Audit???:

          I probably still would have done it anyway to force the company I worked for to get compliant (and upgrade a bunch of old dyeing PCs).

          It can be nice for that. But you could just fake the audit and do it accurately if you want.

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            smartkid808
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            @scottalanmiller said in MS Audit???:

            It can be nice for that. But you could just fake the audit and do it accurately if you want.

            True, but it helped to have backing proof of the audit saying we where out of compliance to scare the owner..lol
            Nice to know we can refuse it tho. lol.

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              scottalanmiller @smartkid808
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              @smartkid808 said in MS Audit???:

              True, but it helped to have backing proof of the audit saying we where out of compliance to scare the owner

              The problem is is that it's not an accurate audit so once it's fake, you can just fake whatever you want.

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                smartkid808 @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller true, and even add some wish list stuff ^_^ hahahah

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                  scottalanmiller @smartkid808
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                  @smartkid808 said in MS Audit???:

                  @scottalanmiller true, and even add some wish list stuff ^_^ hahahah

                  Exactly. Once you are going down the path of "fake", make it count 😉

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                    scottalanmiller
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                    added tags

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                      scottalanmiller
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                      Got another one of these today. I like getting to send a link to this thread when I make it clear that their legal right to contact us again has been removed 😉

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                        dave_c @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller
                        This may also help:
                        https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/myth-busting-software-asset-management-and-compliance-audits/?ln=en-us
                        https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/learn-more/compliance-verification-faq

                        Things like:

                        • Microsoft SAM programs are voluntary services...
                        • A compliance audit is a mandatory review of a company’s use of Microsoft’s products and services...
                          These compliance verifications are initiated across less than 5% of Microsoft’s licensing customers worldwide

                        But ignoring things like:

                        • We believe that SAM can be a strategic advantage for all our customers
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