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During a system outage, teams can instantly identify a service owner and its dependencies, significantly reducing the time spent on manual investigation.

| Role | Responsibility | |-------|----------------| | (IT Director) | Maintains catalog accuracy, removes obsolete software, manages license inventory. | | Software Owner (e.g., Sales VP for CRM) | Approves access, defines justification requirements, funds overages. | | User | Uses only approved software, reports unused licenses, requests access changes before need arises. | | IAM Team | Automates provisioning/deprovisioning via catalog integration with IdP (Okta/Azure/Google). | software access catalog

The Essential Guide to the Software Access Catalog: Streamlining Enterprise Ecosystems During a system outage, teams can instantly identify

To enable formatting (bold, italics) within the catalog description, set the "Text Format" property of the Long Text field to Rich Text in Design View. SAP (ERP): | | User | Uses only approved software,

The Software Access Catalog (SAC) serves as the single source of truth for all software applications authorized within the organization. It defines who has access to what software, under which conditions , for which business purpose . By centralizing software entitlements, the SAC eliminates "shadow IT," reduces licensing waste, and enforces compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., SOX, HIPAA, GDPR).