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Configuration guide: Adobe Acrobat licensing

The configuration options on this page are only accessible to administrators.

Refer to the Usage guide: Adobe Acrobat licensing to use library content as a standard user.

Prerequisites

This library pack contains content from the following required expansion products:

Some of these products offer default access to their respective content and can still be used without expansion products. To learn more about default thresholds for expansion products, visit the extended documentation.

Included content and dependencies

This library pack contains the following content and dependencies:

Type
Name
Description
Dependencies

Live dashboards

Adobe Acrobat licensing

Helps improve visibility into Adobe Acrobat presence and usage to optimize licensing costs by removing unused copies and downgrading Pro editions where they are not needed.

Remote actions

Get Windows Registry key values

Returns the value data of up to three Windows Registry properties. This retrieves the value of the registry key indicating if Adobe Acrobat Pro or Standard is installed.

  • Required to populate specific dashboard widgets.

Campaigns

Adobe software usage assessment

Asks users whether they are using the advanced features of the Pro version of that application or if they are ready to downgrade to the Standard version.

Applications

Adobe Acrobat

Required for the Adobe Acrobat software metering rule to monitor usage of Adobe Acrobat application instances

  • Required to populate specific dashboard widgets.

Software metering

Adobe Acrobat

It is necessary to monitor the utilisation of Adobe Acrobat application instances, specifically the desktop_focus_time property.

  • Required to populate specific dashboard widgets.

  • Must be configured manually

Configuring Adobe Acrobat licensing pack

Adapt these suggested configuration steps to edit and customize content according to your organizational needs.

Follow these steps to install and configure content:

Step 1 - Configure remote actions

Navigate to the Managing Remote Actions administration page to review and edit your remote actions.

We recommend the following configurations for these remote actions:

Name
Trigger
Schedule query
Parameters to edit

Get Windows Registry key values

Scheduled, weekly

1 devices
2 | where operating_system.platform == windows

  • RegistryKey1

  • ValueName1

Nexthink recommends creating a dedicated schedule for the remote action associated with this library pack, as it has multiple purposes.

Widgets in this pack are configured to consider remote action executions with RegistryKey1 input configured to the Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\Classic\AVEntitlement registry key.

Refer to Managing remote actions for more information.

Get Windows Registry key values

Name
Default value
Description

RegistryKey1

Registry::\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\Classic\AVEntitlement

This registry key stores the value that indicates the edition of the Adobe Acrobat application installed on a device. This example illustrates the registry path for the Adobe Acrobat Classic edition.

ValueName1

iEntitlementLevel

This registry value indicates the edition of the Adobe Acrobat application installed on a device.

The registry path for Adobe Acrobat may vary depending on the edition and version of the application installed on devices within an organization. For instance, the registry path for Adobe Acrobat DC is as follows: Registry::\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement

It is essential to specify the correct registry path for the Adobe Acrobat edition and version currently installed within your organization. You can determine the path by consulting the relevant version's documentation or by conducting a manual examination of the registry on a reference device.

Step 2 - Edit campaigns

This library pack contains one Engage campaign, "Adobe software usage assessment." This campaign asks users if they are using advanced features of the Pro version or if they want to downgrade to Standard.

This campaign should be modified before use to ensure it meets corporate communication guidelines. Navigate to the Managing Campaigns administration page to review and edit this campaign.

Remember to:

  • Customize the sender name and image.

  • Review and adjust questions.

  • Publish the campaign when you are ready to use it.

Step 3 - Configure software metering rule

Note that this library pack requires manual configuration of the software metering rule for the Adobe Acrobat application. This software metering rule is necessary to provide you with visibility of Adobe Acrobat desktop focus time over the extended period of the past 90 days.

Navigate to the manage software metering rules administration page to review and create this software metering rule with the following settings:

Setting
Value

Software metering name

Adobe Acrobat

NQL ID

#adobe_acrobat

License type

User based

Applications

Adobe Acrobat

The desktop_focus_time metric used in this dashboard requires manual configuration.

Refer to Focus time metric configuration for instructions on manually configuring desktop_focus_time in your tenant.

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