Working with User-based licensing

user based licensing allows software or service access to be granted per individual user unlike traditional device based licensing, this approach focuses on the users themselves, making it ideal for tracking, activation limits, and management this guide walks you through creating a user based product, issuing licenses, and assigning users in licensespring 1\ create a user based product navigate to the products tab in the dashboard click add new product (top right corner) complete the required fields product name product code optional configurations floating timeout (minutes) for floating licenses, determines how often the end user app checks the license to remain registered product has trial period(you can set the trial period) product has file click next to confirm set the authorization method to user this ensures that licenses for this product will be managed on a per user basis, which is required for user based licensing your product will now appear in the list with authorization method user , indicating it’s a user based product 2\ issue a user based license go to the licenses page and click issue licenses fill in required fields order id order reference optional assign a license manager for the order add a customer to the order link the order to a customer account click next 3\ add products to the license in this second step, you can add the product to the license, as illustrated in the image below select the user based product you created earlier, as illustrated in the screenshot above optional settings license policy air gapped option custom license values click confirm (top right) to finalize the newly created product will appear in the product list, as illustrated in the screenshot below click next review all order information, and then select confirm to complete the steps at this point, the license exists but no user is assigned yet under license key / user , it will show not assigned as illustrated in the screenshot above 4\ assign a user to the license navigate to the licenses section select the user based license you want to assign click assign license user either select an existing user create a new user once completed, the license will show the assigned user e g testuser\@licensespring com please note that only users with license manager permissions can assign licenses to other users users with license manager permissions can refer to this guide for instructions on assigning users and managing the user portal