Case Study: Arnsberg District Council achieves transparent, audit-proof license management with COMPAREX SAM2GO

Transparency in License Management the Perfect Balance

The Arnsberg District Council, a public administration body serving about 3.6 million residents in North Rhine-Westphalia, needed a better way to manage software licenses across nearly 2,100 clients and 80 servers. To achieve full compliance, legal certainty, and greater cost control across a complex vendor landscape, it turned to COMPAREX and its SAM2GO managed compliance service.

COMPAREX implemented SAM2GO for Microsoft and Adobe first, with plans to expand to more vendors, and also supported a fresh start through a Microsoft SAM project and certification. The result was full license transparency, audit-proof compliance visibility, elimination of excess license costs, and a one-year immunity from Microsoft license audits, giving the council a more practical and affordable licensing process.

Arnsberg District Council

Christian Stuhldreier

IT Coordination Office