Unlicensed indirect user access and consumption, if addressed proactively and effectively, need not be costly or painful. On the other hand, if compliance issues are identified as part of an audit, it could generate a significant financial burden and create an opportunity for SAP to evaluate and interpret your data before you do. Settlement demands are likely to include full list pricing and retroactive penalties. 

Are you aware that your company may be losing millions or tens of millions of dollars per year because of insufficient software asset management (SAM) and audits by SAP?

Clarify has performed hundreds of Microsoft baseline licensing reviews, and the following includes findings we see come up regularly in Microsoft audits.