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Mapping Entitlements to Deployments in MI One

How MI One maps what you own to what you run: entitlements from contracts, deployments from connectors and imports, and utilization per product.

By the MI Solutions SAM team8 min read2 exhibits

Entitlements tell you what you own. Deployments tell you what you use. Mapping one to the other, product by product, is what turns two lists into a license position: where you are paying for idle licenses and where you are exposed. MI One does this mapping continuously.

The flow

Exhibit 1
From two lists to a license positionLicense mapping in MI One1OWNEDEntitlementsFrom contracts: product,quantity, metric2USEDDeploymentsFrom Microsoft, Okta,Google, Jamf, cloud andimports3MAPLicense mappingDeployments linked tothe entitlement they use4RESULTUtilizationOwned vs in use, perproduct

Where deployment data comes from

01Connectors

Microsoft, Okta, Google Workspace, Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Jamf and Salesforce.

02Admin-portal exports

For SaaS products without a connector: upload the export, preview the rows, then apply.

03Spreadsheet imports

Any other source, with column mapping and duplicate detection.

What you see

For each product: licenses owned, deployed and in use, utilization over time, and the users behind it with their last-seen dates and costs. See effective license position.

Exhibit 2
Mapping shows owned vs in use for every productLicenses owned vs actively used, top products, illustrative portfolioOwnedIn use05001,0001,5002,0002,500Productivity suite2,2102,500CRM1,5401,800Design suite328400Project management8701,200Database server (cores)6448Illustrative. Green points below 'owned' are surplus to reclaim; the red point above it is a compliance gap:16 more cores in use than owned.

How mapping stays current

  1. Data syncs

    Connectors refresh deployments and last-seen dates on a schedule.

  2. Imports add the rest

    Admin-portal exports and spreadsheets for products without a connector.

  3. Mappings apply

    New deployment records are linked to the entitlement they consume.

  4. Utilization updates

    Owned vs in use refreshes per product, ready for the next review.

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Frequently asked questions

Does mapping need to be set up for every product?

Start with the products that carry the most spend or risk. Many mappings follow automatically once products are normalized.

What if a product has no connector?

Use an admin-portal export or a spreadsheet import.

How often does the data refresh?

Connector data refreshes on a schedule; imported data refreshes each time you import a new export.

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