--- title: Hardware Asset Management description: The ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management \(HAM\) application is a licensable application that on activation provides advanced workflow, automation, and mobile capabilities to maintain your assets. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/ham-landing-page.html release: australia product: Hardware Asset Management classification: hardware-asset-management topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 2 breadcrumb: [IT Asset Management, Asset Management] --- # Hardware Asset Management The ServiceNow® Hardware Asset Management \(HAM\) application is a licensable application that on activation provides advanced workflow, automation, and mobile capabilities to maintain your assets. Watch this short video for an introduction to the Hardware Asset Management application. \[Omitted video\] Description: Hardware Asset Management overview **Note:** Beginning with the ServiceNow AI Platform® Washington DC release, limited support is provided for the Hardware Asset Management Core UI interface. While it remains active in your instance, including when you upgrade to a new ServiceNow AI Platform release, the best approach is moving to the new workspace experience. For more information, see [KB1584544](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1584544), [Hardware Asset Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/using-ham-workspace.md) and [Next Experience UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-user-interface/next-experience-landing-page.md).
| [Explore\[Omitted image "bus-explore.svg"\] Alt text: Learn the key features and business value that the Hardware Asset Management application offers.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/exploring-ham.md) | [Configure\[Omitted image "bus-optimize-manage.svg"\] Alt text: Activate Hardware Asset Management supporting plugins and assign roles.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/configuring-ham.md) | [Use\[Omitted image "bus-manage.svg"\] Alt text: Use the Hardware Asset Management to efficiently manage your hardware assets.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/using-ham-classic.md) |
| [Reference\[Omitted image "bus-learn.svg"\] Alt text: Improve your business processes and practices by visualizing actionable data.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/reference-hardware-asset-management.md) | [Hardware Asset Management Integrations\[Omitted image "bus-integration-and-apis.svg"\] Alt text:Connect Hardware Asset Management with ServiceNow applications and external systems to extend your asset management capabilities.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/ham-integrations.md) | [ServiceNow Otto for Hardware Asset Management \(HAM\)\[Omitted image "bus-ai-otto.svg"\] Alt text:Use the ServiceNow Otto for Hardware Asset Management \(HAM\) application to streamline and automate the hardware asset request process with the agentic workflows.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/now-assist-for-hardware-asset-management/now-assist-ham.md) |
| [Device as a Service \(DaaS\)\[Omitted image "bus-laptop.svg"\] Alt text:Use the Device as a Service \(DaaS\) feature to provide assets and asset management services to customers of DaaS providers via a subscription model.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-asset-management/hardware-asset-management/exploring-daas.md) |