


With PDQ Inventory, you license by the version (Free, Pro, Enterprise) and by the number of users USING the application. Unlike ManageEngine DesktopCentral, PDQ Inventory is very affordable. PDQ Inventory is very powerful on it’s own, but really shines when they get used together. It can be used as a separate application or as a companion to PDQ Deploy. PDQ Inventory is made by a company called Admin Arsenal. At first I thought I have a problem, but soon, I was glad I found this super program. As for other Microsoft products, information you get from Inventory is instantaneous. When you need to manually review CAL’s, you can retrieve information about users who log on to the computer and a computer name easily with PDQ Inventory, then you can export to Excel and filter users accordingly. In some cases you save a lot of money by mixing this two types. Microsoft recommends using only one type of licenses. CAL can be a USER based or a DEVICE based. Depending on your strategy you have to consider Windows server access CAL. Not all computers are turned on when you want them to be.Ģ. Manage and Report Active Directory, Exchange and Microsoft 365 with ManageEngine ADManager Plus.
