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July 13, 2026 · 7 min read
Asset Management Software for Small Businesses: A Practical Buyer's Guide
What asset management software for small businesses actually needs to do, how to choose between a spreadsheet, open-source and hosted tools, and a one-afternoon setup plan.
Read articleIT Asset Management: The Complete Guide for IT Teams (2026)
A practical, end-to-end guide to IT asset management (ITAM) in 2026: the asset lifecycle, what to track, spreadsheets vs a system, and how to choose and migrate to IT asset management software.
The IT Offboarding Checklist: Recover Every Device, License and Seat When Someone Leaves
A step-by-step IT offboarding checklist to revoke access, reclaim hardware, wipe devices, free software licences and keep an audit trail - plus how to automate it.
Software License Management: How to Reclaim Unused Seats and Cut Renewal Costs
How to find unused software licences and cut renewal costs: inventory every licence, spot idle and duplicate seats, right-size before renewal and stay audit-ready.
How Much Does IT Asset Management Software Cost? A 2026 Pricing Breakdown
IT asset management software pricing explained: per-asset vs per-device vs per-user vs flat plans, hidden costs, and how to estimate your real total cost of ownership.
From Spreadsheet to System: Setting Up IT Asset Tracking That Scales
Why IT asset tracking in a spreadsheet breaks down as you grow - and how to move to a real system without losing your data.
7 Best Snipe-IT Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Paid)
Snipe-IT is great open-source ITAM - but you host it. Here are the 7 best Snipe-IT alternatives in 2026, who each is for, and how to migrate without losing your data.
Set up Google Workspace user sync + Sign in with Google
Full walkthrough: a service account for directory sync, an OAuth client for SSO sign-in, the exact scopes and admin steps, and what to expect on the first sync.
Configure Slack notifications for SimpleAMS
Pipe asset events, license alerts and approval requests into a Slack channel using an Incoming Webhook. Five-minute setup, four toggleable event groups.
Configure Microsoft Teams notifications for SimpleAMS
Mirror Slack notifications into Microsoft Teams via an Incoming Webhook connector. Same event groups, MessageCard render.
Send SimpleAMS email through your own SMTP server
Route every workspace email through SendGrid, AWS SES, Postmark, your Google Workspace relay or an on-prem MTA. Better deliverability, your From-address.
Sync Apple devices from Jamf Pro into SimpleAMS
Daily pull of Macs, iPhones and iPads from Jamf Pro: model, serial, assigned user, OS version. Two-step setup with a read-only API role.
Sync Apple devices from Mosyle into SimpleAMS
Pull Macs and iOS devices managed by Mosyle Business or Enterprise. Single API access token, no role wiring.
Sync cross-platform devices from ManageEngine MDM Plus
iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and ChromeOS devices from ManageEngine MDM Plus Cloud via the Zoho OAuth API.
Sync Apple devices from Kandji into SimpleAMS
Pull Macs, iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs managed by Kandji. Single bearer token, US or EU region.
Sync Apple devices from SimpleMDM into SimpleAMS
Pull Macs, iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs managed by SimpleMDM. Single API key, no role wiring.
Connect Microsoft Intune to sync Windows devices
Pull Windows + cross-platform managed devices from Intune via Microsoft Graph. Three steps in Azure AD, three in SimpleAMS.
SAML single sign-on with Okta, Azure AD or OneLogin
Let your staff sign into SimpleAMS with their corporate identity. SP-initiated flow, certificate trust, ACS URL paste-in.
SCIM user provisioning from Okta or Azure AD
Automatic create / update / deactivate of SimpleAMS users from your IdP. Bearer-token authed, RFC 7644 SCIM 2.0 endpoint.
Jira two-way integration: link assets to tickets
Create Jira issues from any asset, link existing tickets, and have Jira status changes mirror back into the asset timeline.
Set up approval workflows for asset checkouts
Gate expensive or sensitive checkouts behind a sign-off. Rules match on cost / category / model / location; approvers get an inbox.
How to migrate from Snipe-IT to a managed asset tracker (with CSV)
A practical step-by-step for IT teams moving off self-hosted Snipe-IT to a hosted asset management platform without losing data or tag IDs.
IT asset tracking for 5-50 person teams: the practical cheat sheet
Everything a small IT team needs to set up asset tracking properly the first time: data model, tags, checkout, audits and reporting.
QR codes for laptop tracking: a practical guide for IT teams
How to design, print and roll out QR labels for hardware tracking. Sticker stock, label sizes, scan flow and the gotchas nobody talks about.