The License Lifecycle: Updates and Insights

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

Create Products—Create product definitions that are used to generate licenses.
Order/Entitle—Define an account’s rights to obtain licenses for your products.
Deliver⁄Install—Deliver the application software to the customer and install that software.
Activate—Deliver licenses to the customer.
Return/Rehost—Manage license transfers from one user or system to another.
Maintain/Update—Deliver software updates to the customer.
Upsell/Renew—Renew customer licenses, or sell the customer additional product functionality.