As a software asset manager (SAM), you use SAM management tools to approve, deploy, update, and remove software products from user systems, and process software application requests from employees through your organization’s approval process, ensuring the organization has or can purchase the appropriate licenses and that only the approved user has access to the deployed product. When an employee is hired, fired, or changes positions, you are responsible for determining and re-determining their level of access. Other responsibilities include updating programs, providing technical support to workers for software strategy and architecture, and ensuring the organization is abiding by all software licensing laws.