The document discusses the features and benefits of the Universal Enterprise App Store and App Broker for ServiceNow, highlighting improved license optimization, user experience, and access to applications from any location. It emphasizes streamlined processes such as automated license checks, expedited checkouts, and enhanced security with corporate single sign-on support. These tools aim to enhance efficiency, maintain compliance, and reduce costs for organizations.

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Universal Enterprise App Store:
The Best of Both Worlds
App Portal 2016 Enterprise Edition
App Broker for ServiceNow™

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Timothy Davis
Product Marketing Manager
Flexera Software
Jason Snook
Product Manager
Flexera Software
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Increase Savings
Improve the User Experience

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Why This Release Matters
More IT savings
- Optimizes license consumption for desktop applications, reduces initial license
purchases, true-up and renewal costs
Less Friction
- Offers employees easier access to the store and express check out
Tighter Integration with ServiceNow™
- License governance and automated deployment for ServiceNow
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Is a License Required?
Organizations often purchase additional licenses, even when they have usage
rights for the products which they already own.

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License Entitlement Verification During Checkout
• Checking Product Use Rights for each app request ensures you only
purchase new software licenses when needed.
• The following are considered to determine if license consumption is required:
– Upgrade
– Downgrade
– Right of second use
– Exemption

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Can Employees Access the App Store from Anywhere?
Access to enterprise app store services should not be restricted or limited from
where employees can get access.

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Authentication Support for Corporate Single Sign-on
• Provide App Portal services to employees where they work, whether in the
office or on the road and further reduce barriers to adoption.
• New support for corporate single sign-on and alternative authentication models:
– Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0
– Open Standard Authentication (OAuth) 2.0
– OpenID authentication

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Do employees pass over the enterprise app store in favor of
faster but riskier public options?

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Expedited checkout
• With the New Install Now button a user can auto-generate a request for a
single item, bypassing the checkout experience altogether.
• Reduces friction in service delivery
• Improves the user experience.

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Do Application Administrators Require Full System Rights to
Maintain Their List of Available Applications?

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More Granular Control of Security
• Centralized catalog management functions
• Rights for catalog administrators or application owners can be limited

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Can Flexera Software Provide License Governance and
Automation for ServiceNow Service Portal?
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App Broker 2016 for ServiceNow™
ServiceNow user experience with Flexera governance and automation
• Define the list of authorized software, which is automatically published to
the ServiceNow Catalog
• Employees submit requests using the ServiceNow Service Portal
• A ServiceNow™ Orchestration Activity Pack enables
– Advance license check and license reservation.
– Software delivery to device types that most companies manage today.
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App Broker for ServiceNow™ - Extends ServiceNow™ to provide a definitive list of software
services, enable software license governance and optimization, and accelerate the fulfillment of requests to any device.
Maintain ServiceNow™
Service Catalog
Automate License
Governance and
Optimization
Automate Software
Installation
 A single service portal for all requests
 Snap-in to ServiceNow™ environment
 Maintain an authorized software list
 Insight on application trends & adoption
 Understand service level compliance
 Identify bottlenecks in service workflow
 Perform advanced license check
 Reserve available licenses
 Harvest unused software through
automated reclamation
 Evaluate product use rights
 Easily remove unmanaged apps with
Smart Uninstall
Connects to:
 System Center Config Manager
 VMware AirWatch
 Casper Suite
 Symantec Client Management (Altiris)
 Monitor installation process and create
Incident when installation fails
 Provision cloud apps like Office 365,
Box, and Salesforce

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App BrokerServiceNow
ServiceNow
Orchestration
On-prem. Cloud
FlexNet Manager
Office365
Salesforce
Box
other…
Cloud Apps
Mac Tablet Mobile PC
Managed Systems
ConfigMgr
Casper
AirWatch
Altiris
Deployment Systems
ApproversEmployees

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Service Catalog Management

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Software Services in ServiceNow

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Summary
• App Portal 2016
– Checks product-use rights to ensure new software licenses are only purchased
when needed
– Greater accessibility for employees on-the-go from locations outside of the corporate
network or VPN
– Install Now button for faster check out process that reduces friction and delivers a
better user experience
• App Broker for ServiceNow
– Extends the power of the Service Catalog and Service Portal
– Improves efficiency and reduces costs
– Maintains continual license compliance
– Automates software deployment and reclamation

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Next Steps
1 Learn more: www.flexerasoftware.com/app-portal
www.flexerasoftware.com/app-broker
Contact your Flexera representative or Business Partner
North America: 800-809-5659
Europe, Middle East & Africa: +44 (0) 870 873 6300
Asia-Pacific: +61 3 9895 2000
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Get the eBook: Requirements for Selecting a Universal Enterprise App Store
http://learn.flexerasoftware.com/AR-WP-Requirements-Selecting-Universal-App-Store
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