The License Lifecycle: Non-FlexNet Licensing Technologies

The FlexNet Operations license lifecycle is a repeating process of producer and customer activities, as depicted in the figure and described below.

FlexNet Operations License Lifecycle

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Create Products – Create product definitions that are used to generate licenses.

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Order/Entitle – Define a customer account’s rights to obtain licenses for your products.

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Deliver⁄Install – Deliver the application software to the customer and install that software.

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Activate – Deliver licenses to the customer.

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Return/Rehost – Manage license transfers from one user or system to another.

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Maintain/Update – Deliver software and license updates to the customer.

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Upsell/Renew – Renew customer licenses, or sell the customer additional product functionality.