How do IT teams track software and contract renewals?
Teams typically rely on a mix of spreadsheets, emails, PDFs, CRMs, calendars, or even memory to manage software, hardware, and vendor agreements. Because this renewal information is scattered across different formats, managers frequently miss crucial notice windows and allow important contracts to lapse unexpectedly.
What people tried
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- 1Using Excel spreadsheetsDid this help you?
- 2Putting dates into calendarsDid this help you?
- 3Storing information in SharePointDid this help you?
- 4Using ticketing systems and CMDBsDid this help you?
- 5Holding weekly team review meetingsDid this help you?
- 6Using an ITAM or ITSM platform to track contracts and licenses.Did this help you?
- 7Tracking renewals in a CRM and using automation to send out renewal notices and requests for updated credit card information.Did this help you?
- 8Saving details in a Google Sheet and using n8n webhooks to send automated alerts 90, 60, and 30 days before expiry to Slack, email, and Telegram.Did this help you?
In their words
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“For those running service businesses: how do you track renewals? Spreadsheet, CRM, calendar, memory? And has one lapsed on you recently that you expected to keep?”source ↗
“I'm trying to understand how IT teams handle renewals for things like software/licensing, hardware support, firewall/security subscriptions, maintenance contracts, SaaS agreements, vendor contracts”source ↗
“Have you ever missed a renewal/notice window because the information was somewhere in an email, spreadsheet or PDF?”source ↗
Where this came up
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