License entitlement

In software licensing, entitlement refers to the allocation of license capacity as determined by a license agreement. Entitlement defines how you are allowed to use or access the software associated with the license.

License capacity can be allocated or distributed among one or more computers, partitions, locations, or users. The entitlement of the license determines which of these internal entities you can allocate capacity to, and the maximum capacity allowed. In license use reports, entitlement information is matched with installed software instances found during discovery to help determine audit readiness.