Automated software license reclamation

A method comprising:

• communicating, by one or more server devices that are disposed within a remote network management platform, with computing devices that are disposed within a managed network, wherein the remote network management platform manages the managed network, wherein the communication occurs by way of a proxy server application operating on a proxy server device that is disposed within the managed network, and wherein the communication causes the proxy server application to probe the computing devices to determine software programs installed thereon;
• storing, by the one or more server devices, a representation of the software programs determined as installed on each of the computing devices, wherein the representation is stored in one or more databases disposed within the remote network management platform, and wherein the one or more databases contain representations of software program licenses held by the managed network;
• determining, by the one or more server devices, whether the managed network is in compliance with the software program licenses by comparing the software program licenses to the representation of the software programs determined as installed on each of the computing devices;
• and
• providing, by the one or more server devices to a client device that is disposed within the managed network, a representation of a graphical user interface that denotes whether the managed network is in compliance with the software program licenses, wherein reception of the representation of the graphical user interface causes the client device to render the graphical user interface on a display unit of the client device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a display page selection pane and a reclamation rules page selectable from the display page selection pane, wherein the reclamation rules page comprises one or more data entry fields, wherein the data entry fields indicate a particular software program, a time period over which use of the particular software program is to be considered, and a usage reclamation threshold.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by one or more server devices that are disposed within a remote network management platform, cause the one or more server devices to perform operations comprising:

• communicating with computing devices that are disposed within a managed network, wherein the remote network management platform manages the managed network, wherein the communication occurs by way of a proxy server application operating on a proxy server device that is disposed within the managed network, and wherein the communication causes the proxy server application to probe the computing devices to determine software programs installed thereon;
• storing a representation of the software programs determined as installed on each of the computing devices, wherein the representation is stored in one or more databases disposed within the remote network management platform, and wherein the one or more databases contain representations of software program licenses held by the managed network;
• determining whether the managed network is in compliance with the software program licenses by comparing the software program licenses to the representation of the software programs determined as installed on each of the computing devices;
• and
• providing, to a client device that is disposed within the managed network, a representation of a graphical user interface that denotes whether the managed network is in compliance with the software program licenses, wherein reception of the representation of the graphical user interface causes the client device to render the graphical user interface on a display unit of the client device, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a display page selection pane and a reclamation rules page selectable from the display page selection pane, wherein the reclamation rules page comprises one or more data entry fields, wherein the data entry fields indicate a particular software program, a time period over which use of the particular software program is to be considered, and a usage reclamation threshold.