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An organization plans to develop a business case for SAM.
The Microsoft SAM Optimization Model (SOM) maturity level for the SAM Improvement Plan key competency is Basic. You need to improve the maturity level to Standardized.
What should you do?
A. Identify a SAM tool.
B. Create a project plan Gantt chart for a SAM plan.
C. Obtain approval for a SAM plan.
D. Identify roles and staff.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation/Reference:
Activities required to move from Basic to Standardized:
• Direct SAM responsibility is identified throughout organization.
• SAM plan is defined and approved.
• Hardware and software inventory contains >68% of machines and software title spend.
• Inventory sources are reconciled annually.
• Complete entitlement records exist throughout organization.
• Annual sign-off on SAM reports.
• Operations management manages separate asset inventories.
• Software purchases use approved vendors.
• Only approved software is deployed.
• Software retirement is tracked.
References: http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/5/4/354b34f9-320c-42f1-b56d-ce4282ddb796/sam_optimization_brochure_direct-tocustomer_ us.pdf