Cisco Smart Licensing Training

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Cisco Smart Accounts is a powerful way to organize assets and entitlements with control over user access. Smart Licensing simplifies license activation and management across an organization.

We offer live, interactive licensing fundamentals training two times a month. The training will offer a brief overview on Smart Account benefits:

• How to set up Virtual Accounts
• How to add users
• How to view Smart License usage
• How to transfer licenses from one product instance to another
• How to run usage reports

Sign up for our next training session.

Register for Live Trainings and access previous webinars resources here

Access our self-paced learning materials:

• Get Smart with Smart Accounts Training: Presentation and Recording (PW: jGbRJPy2) (Japanese version)
• My Cisco Entitlements Training:  [add ppt and recording link]

The attached Q&A is updated regularly following each month's sessions.

Other Learning Resources

• Cisco Licensing - on Cisco.com
• Software on Demand training page - Find aids for more advanced Smart Account Admin topics (just be sure to scroll down once you land on the page.) 
• FAQs
  • Smart Accounts and Smart Licensing – pdf
  • Smart Licensing and Smart Accounts FAQ for Partners, Distributors and Customers - site
• Training and Videos

Getting Started	Create and Structure Smart and Virtual Account	Manage Smart Accounts
Introduction to Smart Accounts – video Getting Started Quick Reference Guide – pdf Smart Account Roles Overview – pdf Limited Use Smart Accounts for SMBs – video Introduction to Cisco Smart Software Manager SSM – video Cisco Software Smart Account Request and Setup for Customers- pdf Introduction to Cisco Smart Software Licensing- pdf	Create Customer Smart Accounts – video Create Virtual Accounts – video Structuring Customer Smart Accounts Overview – pdf Best Practices for Standard Partner Smart Account Structure – pdf Virtual Account Tagging – video Best Practices for Virtual Account Tagging – video Cisco Network Plug and Play Connect Capability Overview - pdf	Assign a Smart Account to an Order – video Assign a Partner to Manage a Smart Account Quick Reference Guide – pdf Assign User Groups to Manage a Smart Account – video User Groups that Span Multiple Smart Accounts – video Use Type Down Search in User Groups – video Add a new User to a Smart Account Quick Reference Guide – pdf

Create and Structure Partner Holding Accounts	Manage Partner Holding Accounts	Distributors
Introduction to Partner Holding Accounts – video Create Partner Holding Accounts – video Best Practices for Standard Partner Holding Account Structure – pdf	Reassign Licenses From a Partner Holding Account to a Smart Account – pdf Associate Partner BIDs to a Partner Holding Account Quick Reference Guide – pdf	Attach Mandatory DNA Subscriptions to Switching, Wireless and Routing Products Distributors Only – video Distributor Stocking and Drop-Ship Orders for Smart Licensed Enabled Products – pdf  Hardware POS Mandatory Attach and Serial Number Correction Quick Reference Guide – pdf

Translated Training and Learning Resources

Introductory Smart Account Videos	Software and Smart Account Training and Resources
Arabic – video Russian – video Turkish – video	French – site German – site Korean – site Mandarin – site
Assign a Smart Account to an Order
Chinese - video Japanese - video Korean - video Thai - video Vietnamese - video

Support

If you have support questions about Smart Accounts and Software Licensing, open a case via Support Case Manager (SCM). To learn more on how to open a case in SCM, click here.

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[Martin L]

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

[MHM Cisco World]

TKS

[OleksandrSerhiienko53484]

thanks for sharing!

[ameliahansen55]

Thank you for sharing these resources! These are very helpful.